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Astronomy

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EVOLUTION Charlesworth 9780192802514

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FOSSILS Thomson 9780192805041

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THE HISTORY OF LIFE Benton 9780199226320

HUMAN EVOLUTIONWood 9780192803603

PLANTS Walker 9780199584062

STEM CELLS Slack 9780199603381

Earth Science

Computer Science

Chemistry

Engineering

Geography

Medicine

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AUTISM Frith 9780199207565

CANCER James 9780199560233

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EPIDEMIOLOGY Saracci 9780199543335

THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE Bynum 9780199215430

HIV/AIDS Whiteside 9780192806925

MEDICAL ETHICS Hope 9780192802828

PLAGUE Slack 9780199589548

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Brilliantly conciseVery Short Introductionsto almost everything

Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life’s most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory and Islam.

Mathematics

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GAME THEORY Binmore 9780199218462

THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICSStedall 9780199599684

MATHEMATICSGowers 9780192853615

NUMBERS Higgins 9780199584055

PROBABILITY Haigh 9780199588480

STATISTICS Hand 9780199233564

Psychology

ANXIETY Freeman 9780199567157

DREAMING Hobson 9780192802156

EMOTIONS Evans 9780192804617

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY Canter 9780199550203

FREUD Storr 9780192854551

INTELLIGENCE Deary 9780192893215

JUNG Stevens 9780192854582

MADNESS Scull 9780199608034

MEMORYFoster 9780192806758

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SCHIZOPHRENIA Frith 9780192802217

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TRUST Hawley 9780199697342

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GALILEO Drake 9780192854568

THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS Atkins 9780199572199

MAGNETISM Blundell 9780199601202

MICHAEL FARADAY James 9780199574315

NEWTONIliffe 9780199298037

NOTHING Close 9780199225866

PARTICLE PHYSICSClose 9780192804341

QUANTUM THEORY Polkinghorne 9780192802521

RADIOACTIVITY Tuniz 9780199692422

RELATIVITY Stannard 9780199236220

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY Blundell 9780199540907

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