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Very short introductions volume 86
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
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We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to millions of fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence billions globally, in which humans are altering the climate and environment, in which new infectious diseases spread across continents at lightning speed, and in which complex social forces are increasingly impacted by digital technology. This is globalization....
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Very short introductions volume 67
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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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 defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of science and investigates fascinating, challenging questions such as these.
Starting at the very beginning, with a concise overview of the history of...
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Very short introductions volume 725
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), or Vatican II, is arguably the most significant event in the life of the Catholic Church since the Reformation. The Council initiated, intentionally or not, profound changes not simply within Catholic theology, but in the religious, social, and moral lives of the world's billion Catholics. It also reconfigured, intellectually and practically, the Church's engagements with those outside of it-most obviously with...
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Very short introductions volume 737
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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This Very Short Introduction provides a clear definition of invasive species, and considers the myriad ways they are moved around the globe. Julie L. Lockwood and Dustin J. Welbourne discuss the ecological, social, and economic impacts they often impose; policy and management approaches to combating their ill-effects; and how invasive species fit within the broader context of environmental change. -- Page 4 of cover.
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Very short introductions volume 142
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, whilst revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations. In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard Wood traces the history of palaeoanthropology from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the very latest fossil finds....
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Very short introductions volume 736
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sīnā, often known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna. After introducing the man and his works, with an overview of the historical context in which he lived, the book devotes chapters to the different areas of Ibn Sīnā's thought. Among the topics covered are his innovations in logic, his theory of the human soul and its powers, the relation between...
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