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Economics: A Very Short Introduction

Economics: A Very Short Introduction

Ngày tải lên : 10/01/2014, 18:21
... library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology. Very Short Introductions available now: ANARCHISM ... produce the prospects they all face. Third, and relatedly, we need to uncover the 8 Economics Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They ... the circumstances of living that gives prominence to the allocation of 12 Economics Economics: A Very Short Introduction These statistics raise a puzzle. Today’s poor countries lie mainly in the tropics,...
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Game theory: A very short introduction

Game theory: A very short introduction

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... rules of the auctioning games that were used. The result was that the 2 Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction The name of the game We don’t try to explain why Alice or Bob behave as they do. Instead ... two-player version of the very different Driving Game that we 4 Ken Binmore Game Theory A Very Short Introduction 1 The name of the game If the great game of life played by the human species were adequately...
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Global catastrophes: A very short introduction

Global catastrophes: A very short introduction

Ngày tải lên : 11/01/2014, 18:43
... library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology. Very Short Introductions available now: ANARCHISM ... happen to them or their descendants. 1 Contents Preface ix List of illustrations xv 1 A Very Short Introduction to the Earth 1 2 Global Warming: A Lot of Hot Air? 23 3 The Ice Age Cometh 44 4 ... still played down and intentionally hidden behind a veil of obfuscation by some, most 23 Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They...
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Photography: a very short introduction

Photography: a very short introduction

Ngày tải lên : 11/01/2014, 18:44
... imagine the ruling powers voluntarily renouncing them. However, it seems helpful to begin this short introduction with Mudd and Bornefeld, and to contemplate a world without photographs. So let’s ... 1856 13 Documents Preface I must have been mad to agree to write this book; not least, because the combination ‘very short introduction with ‘photography’ seems like an oxymoron. The three or four standard histories ... deemed entirely inappropriate for that of its 24 Photography Steve Edwards PHOTOGRAPHY A Very Short Introduction 1 23 Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq 116 © Mark St George/Rex Features 24 Jo Spence 123 Terry...
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Nuclear weapons: A very short introduction

Nuclear weapons: A very short introduction

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... electricity, gas, water, or sewage. Transportation Joseph M. Siracusa Nuclear Weapons A Very Short Introduction 1 28 Nuclear Weapons when President Harry S. Truman told Congress that: ‘The hope ... debt to my friends and colleagues: Manfred Steger for drawing Oxford University Press’s A Very Short Introduction series to my attention; Latha Menon, OUP’s senior commissioning editor, trade ... Laurence called the explosion ‘the fi rst cry of a new-born world’. Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction Seven years later, in 1952, the United States scaled the nuclear ladder, detonating...
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The meaning of life: A very short introduction

The meaning of life: A very short introduction

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... The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction ‘warm intellectual pleasure meticulous treatment of the subject. It looks like ... Logico-Philosophicus (London, 1961), 6.44. 24 The Meaning of Life into New Ageist claptrap. Spirituality, in short, became either rock-hard or soggy. The meaning-of-life question was now in the hands of...
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Quantum theory: A very short introduction

Quantum theory: A very short introduction

Ngày tải lên : 12/01/2014, 12:44
... library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology. Very Short Introductions available now: ANCIENT ... light being used. Of course one way to increase accuracy would be to use shorter wavelengths – Quantum theory 32 Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way ... have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published as a Very Short Introduction 2002 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored...
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Existentialism: A very short introduction

Existentialism: A very short introduction

Ngày tải lên : 14/01/2014, 10:52
... library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology. Very Short Introductions available now: ANARCHISM ... or Unamuno, and many other philosophers deserving of mention here, is that this is a ‘very’ short introduction, after all. Those interested in pursuing the topics discussed here will find suggestions ... have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published as a Very Short Introduction 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored...
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Chaos: A very short introduction

Chaos: A very short introduction

Ngày tải lên : 14/01/2014, 10:54
... distinguish the mathematics from the reality and thereby extend the mathematics. As in all Very Short Introductions, restrictions on space require entire research programmes to be glossed over or ... nurture. In 1831, between the publication of Laplace’s science and Poe’s 4 Chaos Chaos: A Very Short Introduction This page intentionally left blank If uncertainty due to errors of observation ... description and the object described (as in ‘confusing the map with the territory’). Throughout this Introduction we will see that confusing our mathematical models with the reality they aim to describe...
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Documentary film: A very short introduction

Documentary film: A very short introduction

Ngày tải lên : 14/01/2014, 10:56
... Cataloging-in-Publication Data Aufderheide, Patricia. Documentary film : a very short introduction / Patricia Aufderheide. p. cm.—(Very short introductions) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ... vinyl production. Directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand, 2002. Documentary Film 8 Very Short Introductions available now: AFRICAN HISTORY John Parker and Richard Rathbone AMERICAN POLITICAL ... Partha Dasgupta EGYPTIAN MYTH Geraldine Pinch EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN Paul Langford VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They...
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