Oxford University Press

This study looks at two central religious issues - the religious ambiguity of the world and the diversity of faiths - and probes their implications for religious beliefs. Author Robert McKim offers a self-critical, open, and tentative approach to beliefs about religious matters....

An alternative voice in the culture wars over 'family values'. Brent Waters proposes a normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering that draws upon a spectrum of theological and philosophical resources. He contends that when families are properly ordered they are oriented toward broader spheres of human association....

From Nanomechanics to Quantum Superconducting CircuitsThe book provides a unifying insight into a broad range of phenomena displayed by        vibrational systems of current interest. The chapters complement each other to give        an account of the major fundamental results and applications in quantum information,        condensed matter...

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No phenomenon in any aspect of human enterprise is known with certainty. Probability and Statistics help us quantify uncertainty and lead to better decisions that, hopefully, enhance life. The impact of the ideas in this book has already revolutionised our ability to take informed decisions, and continues to do so at an astonishing rate....

East Wind offers the first complete, archive-based account of the relationship        between China and the British Left, from the rise of modern Chinese nationalism to        the death of Mao Tse tung. Beginning with the "e;Hands Off China"e; movement of the        mid-1920s, Tom Buchanan charts the mobilisation of British opinion in...