Oxford Very Short Introductions (VSI)

• Author(s): Simon Blackburn • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Our self-image as moral, well-beh...

• Author(s): Gary Gutting • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernBorn in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult ...

• Author(s): Luciano Floridi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Computer EngineeringAbout the Book We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what info...

• Author(s): Piper & Murphy • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Security - Cryptography & EncryptionGeneral readers and professionals interested in codes and their applications, or the history of code-breaking

• Author(s): Klenerman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: ImmunologyThe immune system is central to human health and the focus of much medical research. Growing understan...

• Author(s): A C Grayling • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on ...

• Author(s): Julian Stallabrass • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Fine Arts • BISAC: Criticism & TheoryContemporary art has never been so popular - but the art world is changing. In a landscape of increasing glo...

• Author(s): Dorothy H. Crawford • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: Infectious DiseasesIn recent years, the world has witnessed dramatic outbreaks of such dangerous virus...

• Author(s): Philip V. Bohlman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Genres & Styles - InternationalWorld Music draws readers into a remarkable range of historical encounters, in which music had the power to evoke the...

• Author(s): Jonathan Slack • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Life Sciences - Cell BiologyEmbryonic stem cells have been hot-button topics in recent years, generating intense public interest as well as much confusion ...