Very Short Introductions
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The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the “Scientific Revolution.” New ideas and discoveries not only redef… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Principe, Lawrence M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 19 2011
- ISBN10: 0199567417
- Language: English
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Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBeauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Scruton, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 08, 2011
- ISBN10: 0199229759
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as “eternal… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bayne, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0198754965
- Language: English
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Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
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Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, and by the fear that in a Godle- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Blackburn, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198868103
- Language: English
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The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Brain: A Very Short Introduction provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: O’Shea, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 16, 2006
- ISBN10: 0192853929
- Language: English
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Literary Theory
$12.99 Add to cartWhat is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this new edition of his highly popular Very Short Introduct… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Culler, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0199691347
- Language: English
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Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWitchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all. Indeed, from childhood most of us develop some mental image of a witch–usually an old woman, mysterious and malignant. But why do witches still feature… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gaskill, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 20 2010
- ISBN10: 019923695X
- Language: English
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Magic: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMagic is a much-used term with a complex and controversial history. As a concept and a practice, it has attracted the attention of theologians, anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists, artists, a
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Davies, Owen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 20, 2012
- ISBN10: 0199588023
- Language: English
