Every day we are faced with dilemmas which demand ethical debate and raise the question of moral responsibility. This text traces the arguments of the great moral thinkers of the past and brings the reader up to date with postmodern ethical thought.
The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining." -- NewsdayEverything you need to know about neurosis, libido, ego, and id -- but somehow it slipped your mind.Freud for Beginners is a perfec
A guide to planning and action, language, memory, attention, emotions and vision, this text explains what science has to say about these topics. Contrasting the seemingly bizarre consequences of head injury with the workday triumphs of the healthy brain,
Richard Appignanesi goes on a personal quest of Existentialism in its original state. He begins with Camus' question of suicide: 'Must life have a meaning to be lived?' Is absurdity at the heart of Existentialism? Or is Sartre right: is Existentialism 'th
Taking the reader on a step-by-step tour of the key players of quantum theory, and explaining such concepts as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, non-locality and Schrodinger's cat, this text aims to provide a clear introduction to the theories which hav
Moore and Zarate collaborate on a graphic novel full of irony and tension. Adman Timothy Hole is about to get a crack at the the big one: selling the diet drink sensation Flite to the U.S.S.R. Except someone wants him dead. Little murders, tiny betrayals,
