,The Brain: A Very Short Introduction
, Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating
and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have
been published in more than 25 languages worldwide.
The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics
in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next
few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short
Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to
conceptual art and cosmology.
Very Short Introductions available now:
ANARCHISM Colin Ward CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson
ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY CLASSICS Mary Beard and
Julia Annas John Henderson
ANCIENT WARFARE CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard
Harry Sidebottom THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE CONSCIOUSNESS Susan Blackmore
John Blair Continental Philosophy
ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia Simon Critchley
ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn COSMOLOGY Peter Coles
ARCHITECTURE THE CRUSADES
Andrew Ballantyne Christopher Tyerman
ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes CRYPTOGRAPHY
ART HISTORY Dana Arnold Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland DADA AND SURREALISM
THE HISTORY OF David Hopkins
ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin Darwin Jonathan Howard
Atheism Julian Baggini THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Augustine Henry Chadwick Timothy Lim
BARTHES Jonathan Culler Democracy Bernard Crick
THE BIBLE John Riches DESCARTES Tom Sorell
THE BRAIN Michael O’Shea DESIGN John Heskett
BRITISH POLITICS DINOSAURS David Norman
Anthony Wright DREAMING J. Allan Hobson
Buddha Michael Carrithers DRUGS Leslie Iversen
BUDDHISM Damien Keown THE EARTH Martin Redfern
BUDDHIST ETHICS Damien Keown EGYPTIAN MYTH Geraldine Pinch
CAPITALISM James Fulcher EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe BRITAIN Paul Langford
CHOICE THEORY THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball
Michael Allingham EMOTION Dylan Evans
, EMPIRE Stephen Howe LITERARY THEORY
ENGELS Terrell Carver Jonathan Culler
Ethics Simon Blackburn LOCKE John Dunn
The European Union LOGIC Graham Priest
John Pinder MACHIAVELLI Quentin Skinner
EVOLUTION THE MARQUIS DE SADE
Brian and Deborah Charlesworth John Phillips
FASCISM Kevin Passmore MARX Peter Singer
FEMINISM Margaret Walters MATHEMATICS Timothy Gowers
FOSSILS Keith Thomson MEDICAL ETHICS Tony Hope
FOUCAULT Gary Gutting MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths
William Doyle MODERN ART David Cottington
FREE WILL Thomas Pink MODERN IRELAND Senia Pašeta
Freud Anthony Storr MOLECULES Philip Ball
Galileo Stillman Drake MUSIC Nicholas Cook
Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh Myth Robert A. Segal
GLOBALIZATION NATIONALISM Steven Grosby
Manfred Steger NIETZSCHE Michael Tanner
GLOBAL WARMING Mark Maslin NINETEENTH-CENTURY
HABERMAS BRITAIN Christopher Harvie and
James Gordon Finlayson H. C. G. Matthew
HEGEL Peter Singer NORTHERN IRELAND
HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood Marc Mulholland
HIEROGLYPHS Penelope Wilson PARTICLE PHYSICS Frank Close
HINDUISM Kim Knott paul E. P. Sanders
HISTORY John H. Arnold Philosophy Edward Craig
HOBBES Richard Tuck PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
HUMAN EVOLUTION Samir Okasha
Bernard Wood PLATO Julia Annas
HUME A. J. Ayer POLITICS Kenneth Minogue
IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Indian Philosophy David Miller
Sue Hamilton POSTCOLONIALISM
Intelligence Ian J. Deary Robert Young
ISLAM Malise Ruthven POSTMODERNISM
JOURNALISM Ian Hargreaves Christopher Butler
JUDAISM Norman Solomon POSTSTRUCTURALISM
Jung Anthony Stevens Catherine Belsey
KAFKA Ritchie Robertson PREHISTORY Chris Gosden
KANT Roger Scruton PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY
KIERKEGAARD Patrick Gardiner Catherine Osborne
THE KORAN Michael Cook Psychology Gillian Butler and
LINGUISTICS Peter Matthews Freda McManus
, Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating
and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have
been published in more than 25 languages worldwide.
The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics
in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next
few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short
Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to
conceptual art and cosmology.
Very Short Introductions available now:
ANARCHISM Colin Ward CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson
ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY CLASSICS Mary Beard and
Julia Annas John Henderson
ANCIENT WARFARE CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard
Harry Sidebottom THE COLD WAR Robert McMahon
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE CONSCIOUSNESS Susan Blackmore
John Blair Continental Philosophy
ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia Simon Critchley
ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn COSMOLOGY Peter Coles
ARCHITECTURE THE CRUSADES
Andrew Ballantyne Christopher Tyerman
ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes CRYPTOGRAPHY
ART HISTORY Dana Arnold Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland DADA AND SURREALISM
THE HISTORY OF David Hopkins
ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin Darwin Jonathan Howard
Atheism Julian Baggini THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Augustine Henry Chadwick Timothy Lim
BARTHES Jonathan Culler Democracy Bernard Crick
THE BIBLE John Riches DESCARTES Tom Sorell
THE BRAIN Michael O’Shea DESIGN John Heskett
BRITISH POLITICS DINOSAURS David Norman
Anthony Wright DREAMING J. Allan Hobson
Buddha Michael Carrithers DRUGS Leslie Iversen
BUDDHISM Damien Keown THE EARTH Martin Redfern
BUDDHIST ETHICS Damien Keown EGYPTIAN MYTH Geraldine Pinch
CAPITALISM James Fulcher EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe BRITAIN Paul Langford
CHOICE THEORY THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball
Michael Allingham EMOTION Dylan Evans
, EMPIRE Stephen Howe LITERARY THEORY
ENGELS Terrell Carver Jonathan Culler
Ethics Simon Blackburn LOCKE John Dunn
The European Union LOGIC Graham Priest
John Pinder MACHIAVELLI Quentin Skinner
EVOLUTION THE MARQUIS DE SADE
Brian and Deborah Charlesworth John Phillips
FASCISM Kevin Passmore MARX Peter Singer
FEMINISM Margaret Walters MATHEMATICS Timothy Gowers
FOSSILS Keith Thomson MEDICAL ETHICS Tony Hope
FOUCAULT Gary Gutting MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths
William Doyle MODERN ART David Cottington
FREE WILL Thomas Pink MODERN IRELAND Senia Pašeta
Freud Anthony Storr MOLECULES Philip Ball
Galileo Stillman Drake MUSIC Nicholas Cook
Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh Myth Robert A. Segal
GLOBALIZATION NATIONALISM Steven Grosby
Manfred Steger NIETZSCHE Michael Tanner
GLOBAL WARMING Mark Maslin NINETEENTH-CENTURY
HABERMAS BRITAIN Christopher Harvie and
James Gordon Finlayson H. C. G. Matthew
HEGEL Peter Singer NORTHERN IRELAND
HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood Marc Mulholland
HIEROGLYPHS Penelope Wilson PARTICLE PHYSICS Frank Close
HINDUISM Kim Knott paul E. P. Sanders
HISTORY John H. Arnold Philosophy Edward Craig
HOBBES Richard Tuck PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
HUMAN EVOLUTION Samir Okasha
Bernard Wood PLATO Julia Annas
HUME A. J. Ayer POLITICS Kenneth Minogue
IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Indian Philosophy David Miller
Sue Hamilton POSTCOLONIALISM
Intelligence Ian J. Deary Robert Young
ISLAM Malise Ruthven POSTMODERNISM
JOURNALISM Ian Hargreaves Christopher Butler
JUDAISM Norman Solomon POSTSTRUCTURALISM
Jung Anthony Stevens Catherine Belsey
KAFKA Ritchie Robertson PREHISTORY Chris Gosden
KANT Roger Scruton PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY
KIERKEGAARD Patrick Gardiner Catherine Osborne
THE KORAN Michael Cook Psychology Gillian Butler and
LINGUISTICS Peter Matthews Freda McManus
