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30- Second Politics (HARDBACK)
Everything politics, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.
You may be OK with standard stuff like Conservatism and Democracy, but do you really know what Patrimonialism is? And what about Oligarchy? Anarcho-syndicalism? Politics is, we are willing to bet, the most passionately argued-over subject matter, and yet how many of us flounder around in confrontational debates because we hav…
30-Second Economics: The 50 Most Thought Provoking Economic Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute (HARDBACK)
Everything economic from Keynes to The Invisible Hand explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.Keynesian Economics, Free Market Capitalism, Monetarism, Game Theory and the Invisible Hand. Sure, you know what they mean. That is, you’ve certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these economic theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your financial kno…
30-Second Elements:: The 50 Most Significant Elements, Each Explained in Half a Minute (HARDBACK)
When was radium discovered? Who are Dmitri Mendeleev and Glenn T. Seaborg? Who discovered uranium’s radioactivity? Which element is useful for dating the age of Earth? And why doesn’t gold have a scientific name?
30-Second Elements presents you with the very foundations of chemical knowledge, explaining concisely the 50 most significant chemical elements.
This book uses hel…
30-Second Philosophies (HARDBACK)
A full-colour illustrated tour through philosophy’s most famous – and most mind-bending – ideas
I Think Therefore I Am, Existentialism, Dialectical Materialism? The Socratic Method and Deconstruction? Sure, you know what they all mean. That is, you’ve certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about them to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your knowledge?
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30-Second Psychology: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute (HARDBACK)
The key ideas in Psychology explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.Pavlov’s Dogs, Psychoanalysis, Milgram’s Obedience Study, and Beck’s Cognitive Therapy? Sure, you know what they all mean. That is, you’ve certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these psychology theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your knowledge?30-Second Psychology t…
30-Second Theories (HARDBACK)
A lavish, full-colour tour through mankind’s greatest scientific ideas.
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 – no one ever saw the Big Bang – but with them we can paint beautiful, br…
