Oxford University Press

The topic of stem cells has been very high profile in the media in recent years.          There is much public interest in stem cells but also much confusion and        misinformation, with some companies already offering 'stem cell products' and bogus        'stem cell therapies'. In this Very Short Introduction, Jonathan Slack...

Essays on the Background of the Civil WarA collection of essays by a master historian. Amongst the subjects that Stampp tackles are the inevitability of the Civil War and the truth about why the confederacy actually died. The other essays are a mix of historiography and analysis of issues including Lincoln's role in reinforcing Fort Sumter,...

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Provided for over 60 years, and expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation, foreign aid is now a $100bn business. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? In this first-ever, overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell provides a rigorous but highly readable account of aid, warts and all....

Creativity, imagination, and theoretical physicsTheoretical physics, argues Giovanni Vignale, is an endeavour of deep imagination and creativity. And the quest to explain profoundly abstract ideas in concrete images makes it strangely akin to poetry and literature. Vignale leads us through beautiful and bizarre worlds, explaining them in his own...

Geographies of Knowing and LearningHow are firms, networks of firms, and production systems organized and how does        this organization vary from place to place? This book synthesizes theories from        across the social sciences with empirical research and case studies in order to        answer this question....