Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Samir Okasha

How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully -objective?- What, really, can be de...

Covering some of science's most divisive topics, such as philosophical issues in genetics and evolution, the philosophy of biology also encompasses...

How do we define consciousness or intentionality? Is the neurophysiology of pain all there is to pain? How do words and mental pictures come to rep...

Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics - quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and ther...

In forensic science, a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or a tyre mark. High p...

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central dis...

A wide-ranging exploration of all aspects of the global climate system - discussing the relationship and differences between climate and weather, c...

This book explores the extraordinarily diverse and beautiful world of insects, from tiny wasps to giant beetles. It analyses insect evolution, and ...

This book provides a fresh modern introduction to geometry, an ancient branch of mathematics with important applications. It takes readers from Euc...

Negotiation is essential for peace and international relations, but also for economically efficient trades and bargains in business, and for proble...

Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liv...

How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? Edward Craig discusses some of the key questions philosophy engages with. He explores imp...

Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some ca...

When humanity first glimpsed planet Earth from space, the unity of the system that supports humankind entered the popular consciousness. The concep...

How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origin...

What is time? This book describes the developing physics of the concept of time from Newton, via Einstein, to the present day, and the related phil...

Fluid mechanics is an important branch of physics concerned with the way in which fluids, such as liquids and gases, behave when in motion and at r...

Elizabeth Bishop has been described as the 'best-loved' poet in English of the second half of the twentieth century. This book explores the publish...

James Joyce was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. This book explores his novels and short stories, and analyses the lit...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Sarah M. S. (Professor of History, Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University) PearsallIllustr...

This book gives an overview of the main kinds of employment rights and labour laws found in many countries. It evaluates some of the assumptions un...

Famous for her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley was also infamous in her own time for breaking social and literary conventions, and taking a politi...

Pippa Virdee considers the history of Pakistan, created as a new nation state in 1947, placing it in the context of the region's four-thousand-year...

This book covers French philosophy from its origins in the sixteenth century up to the present, analysing it within its social, political, and cult...

India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major relig...

The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which the notes of discussion and argument constantly resound. This book int...

Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that ha...

This book explains the philosophical and historical concepts that shape current debates about science and religion. It also considers some of the t...

An outline of the historical development of crystallography and its key role in the early days of molecular biology.

All living things are composed of cells, which have fundamentally the same chemistry. Biochemistry is the study of reactions within these cells, an...

Enzymes are the molecular machines that make life possible. Working as catalysts, teams of enzymes carry out the processes that power the bodies of...

This book explores the mathematical field of topology, giving a sense of the visual elements of the field, as well as the formal definition of cont...

Matthew Cobb explores the sense of smell - its complex evolutionary history, and its many functions in a wide variety of animals, including humans....

Synaethesia is a neurological condition that gives rise to a 'merging of the senses': those with the condition might experience certain numbers as ...

Written by one of the world's leading experts in the field, this book offers a clear account of the contributions to philosophy made by one of Brit...

DescriptionA pop-culture presentation of the Integral Approach from visionary genius Ken Wilber, designed as an easy introduction to his work. What...

Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at th...

Arbitration is a legal dispute resolution mechanism, alternative to courts. This book explains what arbitration is, how it works, what parties who ...

In this Very Short Introduction Bernard O'Donoghue explores the many different forms of writing which have been called 'poetry', from the Greeks to...

Drawing on the latest scientific research, from anthropology and psychology to neuroscience and artificial intelligence, Evans takes the reader on ...

John Maynard Keynes was one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. His ideas have had a central influence on many of areas of...