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Myth: A Very Short Introduction by Robert A. Segal
Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions
Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philo ...Show more
Nationalism: a Very Short Introduction by Steven Grosby
Category: Culture | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Throughout history, humanity has borne witness to the political and moral challenges that arise when people place national identity above allegiance to geo-political states or international communities. This book discusses the concept of nations and nationalism from social, philosophical, geological, th ...Show more
Neoliberalism by Manfred B. Steger
Category: Politics | Series: Very Short Introductions
Anchored in the principles of the free-market economics, 'neoliberalism' has been associated with such different political leaders as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Augusto Pinochet, and Junichiro Koizumi. In its heyday during the late 1990s, neoliberalism emerged as the wor ...Show more
Neoliberalism: a Very Short Introduction by Manfred B. Steger; Ravi K. Roy
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Very Short Introductions Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Anchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world's most dominant economic paradigm. It has been associated with various political leaders from Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Bill Clinton, to ...Show more
Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Tanner
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions
The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889. Since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretations of his thought range from the highly irrational to ...Show more
Nothing: A very short introduction by Frank Close
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very lat ...Show more
Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction by Maxwell Irvine
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions
With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the term 'nuclear power' causes anxiety in many people and t ...Show more
Nuclear Weapons: a Very Short Introduction by Joseph M. Siracusa
Category: Reference | Series: Very Short Introductions
Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, aptly put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post-Cold War world is dec ...Show more
Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction by David Bender
Category: Medical | Series: Very Short Introductions
Nutrition is a topic of wide interest and importance. In spite of growing understanding of the underlying biochemistry, and health campaigns such as 'five-a-day', increasing obesity and reported food allergies and eating disorders, as well as the widely advertised 'supposed' benefits of food supplements ...Show more
Particle Physics: a Very Short Introduction by Frank Close
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
In Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, best-selling author Frank Close provides a compelling and lively introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe. The book begins with a guide to what matter is made up of and how it evolved, and goes on to describe the fascinating and ...Show more
Particle Physics: a Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close
Category: Popular Science | Series: Very Short Introductions
In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe, Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino. Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics ...Show more
Philosophical Method: a Very Short Introduction by Timothy Williamson
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
What are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress? Is it in competition with science, or doing something completely different, or neither?Timothy Williamson tackles some of the key questions surrounding philosophy in new and provocative ways, showing how philos ...Show more