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When it comes to big science, very few things are conclusively known. From Quantum Mechanics to Natural Selection, what we have instead are theories - ideas explain why things happen the way they do. We don't know for certain these are correct -[...]texte imprimé
Meryl Wyn Davies, Auteur ; Piero, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2010This book traces the evolution of anthropology from ancient Greece to contemporary times. Anthropology's key concepts and methods are explained, and we meet some of its most famous stars, including Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski, E.E. Evans-Pr[...]texte imprimé
Dan Cryan, Auteur ; Sharron Shatil, Auteur ; Piero, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2005Tracing capitalism from its beginning to the present day, the authors, look at its practical and theoretical impact. They cover the major economic, social and political developments that shaped the world we live in, such as the rise of banking, [...]texte imprimé
Stuart Sim, Auteur ; Borin Van Loon, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2009What might a 'theory of everything' look like? Is science an ideology? Who were Adorno, Horkheimer or the Frankfurt School? The decades since the 1960s have seen an explosion in the production of critical theories. Deconstructionists, poststruct[...]texte imprimé
Ziauddin Sardar, Auteur ; Borin Van Loon, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2010This book covers the ground from Antonio Gramsci to Raymond Williams, postcolonial discourse to the politics of diaspora, feminism to queer theory, technoculture and the media to globalization.texte imprimé
Are men from Mars and women really from Venus? Gender inequalities are increasingly defended by citing hard-wired differences between the male and female brain. That's why, we're told, there are so few women in science, so few men in the laundry[...]texte imprimé
David Norris, Auteur ; Carl Flint, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2012James Joyce is one of the most famous—and controversial—writers of the twentieth century. The myth of his difficulty has discouraged many readers from works such as Ulysses, but David Norris explores his life and work in this engaging and intell[...]texte imprimé
Ziauddin Sardar, Auteur ; Jerry Ravetz, Auteur ; Borin Van Loon, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2011What is mathematics, and why is it such a mystery to so many people? Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to suc[...]texte imprimé
Ziauddin Sardar, Auteur ; Borin Van Loon, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2010The media has become a condition of our existence. This book explores media history and the complex relationship between the media, ideology, knowledge, and power, presenting a coherent view of the media industry, media theory, and methods in me[...]texte imprimé
Chris Rodriguez, Auteur ; Chris Garratt, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2006Modernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The[...]texte imprimé
Tom Whyntie, Auteur ; Oliver Pugh, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2014What really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature? From the earliest history of the atomic theory through to the Higgs boson, practicing physicist and CERN contributor Tom Whyntie gives us a mind-expanding tour of cutting-edge science[...]texte imprimé
Dave Robinson, Auteur ; Judy Groves, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2007Some of questions include: What is the nature of reality? What are human beings really like? What is special about the human mind and consciousness? Are we free to choose who we are and what we do? Can we prove that God exists? Can we be certain[...]texte imprimé
Richard Appignanesi, Auteur ; Chris Garratt, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2006What connects Marliyn Monroe, Disneyworld, "The Satanic Verses" and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is postmodernism? This graphic guide explains clearly the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to define the wor[...]texte imprimé
What is psychology? When did it begin? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? Introducing Psychology answers all these questions and more, explaining what the subj[...]texte imprimé
Duncan Heath, Auteur ; Judy Boreham, Illustrateur | London [United Kingdom] : Icon Books | Introducing | 2011Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This w[...]