Introducing Epigenetics: A Graphic Guide

DescriptionIntroducing Anthropology traces the evolution of anthropology from ancient Greece to contemporary times. Anthropology's key concepts and...

Reducere. This box set contains three brilliant Introducing Graphic Guides on mind-blowing ideas that have revolutionised our view of how the universe works ...

Introducing Semiotics outlines the development of semioticsthe study of signs and signifiers in the world around usfrom its classical precursors to...

Capitalism now dominates the globe, both in economics and ideology, shapes every aspect of our world and influences everything from laws, wars and ...

Today, economics is everywhere, and it's never been more popular-- as bestselling books such as Freakonomics attest. But what is economics really a...

Introducing Plato provides a clear account of Plato's theory of knowledge and explains how this directed his provocative views on politics, ethics,...

Christianity interprets Jesus as identical to Christ, but is the historical Jesus the same as the Christian savior?This Introducing Jesus graphic g...

Reducere. Demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. This book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-centu...

DescriptionCapitalism shapes every aspect of our world, beyond just our economic structures; it moulds our values and influences the way we write l...

Immanuel Kant laid the foundations of modern Western thought with his attempts to delimit human reason as an object of philosophical inquiry. The b...

From the dream team creators of Queer: A Graphic History and Gender: A Graphic Guide.Illustrations: Illustrations, black and white

Introducing Evolution explores evolutionary theory from its origins to its reception across history and how it has been developed and refined. Draw...

It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionize our view of the universe. Beginnin...

Why must we believe that God is dead? Can we accept that traditional morality is just a 'useful mistake'? Did the principle of 'the will to power' ...

Introducing Time traces the history of time from Augustine's suggestion that there is no time, to the flowing time of Newton, the conventional time...

Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did...

Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged...

The philosopher S ren Kierkegaard is regarded as the founder of Existentialism and a forerunner of postmodernism. Philosophy, in Kierkegaard's radi...

This is a superlative graphic guide described as 'warm, witty and wise' by Jonathan Ree to an enigmatic master of twentieth-century philosophy.

A brand new graphic guide from Brian Clegg, author of the best-selling Inflight Science, Introducing Infinity will teach you all you need to know a...

This guide explores the fascinating life of Stephen Hawking, and the evolution of his work from his days as a student.

Introducing Barthes brilliantly elucidates Roland Barthes' application of semiotics to literature, popular culture, clothes, and fashion, and expla...

G.W.F. Hegel's influential writings on philosophy, politics, history, and art are parts of a larger systematic whole. They are also among the most ...

Covers the difficult progress from pre-Darwinian thinking to modern genetics, and the devastatingly important impact of one man on our fundamental ...

What do we mean by social class in the 21st century?Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Sarah LeaneyIllustration(s): Black and white illustrations thro...

What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic cleansing? Is ``identity`` now a la...

Introducing Political Philosophy explains the subject s central concepts and presents the major political theorists from Plato to Michel Foucault. ...

Every day we talk about the aesthetics of a piece of art or design. More than a simple response, aesthetics is a philosophy in which perceptions, f...

Introducing the Enlightenment is the essential guide to the giants of the EnlightenmentAdam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin...

"Introducing Chaos" explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups an...