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Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction by Jim Fraser
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
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 happened 20 years ago? 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 m ...Show more
French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Doyle, William (Emeritus Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol)
$18.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still living with developments and consequences of the French Re ...Show more
Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction by Samir Okasha
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
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 sci ...Show more
World Mythology : a Very Short Introduction by David A. Leeming
$23.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The mythologies of the world are collective cultural dreams, and as such should be analyzed first from cultural perspectives. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, however, mythologies reveal certain univer ...Show more
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