Oxford University Press

A Very Short IntroductionWhat is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? Who is really running the art world? This controversial and witty exploration of the dramatic changes that have taken place in the art world since the fall of the Berlin Wall provides a critical look at the reasons for the current art boom, and reveals the politics behind the...

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David W. Orr offers a sobering look at the causes and consequences of the coming climate destabilization, which he argues is the result of the largest political failure in history. While better technology and smarter economics are important to limit the eventual scope and scale of the problem, climate change will require fundamental changes in...

The completion of the first draft of the human genome has led to an explosion of interest in genetics and molecular biology. The view of the genome as a network of interacting computational components is well-established, but researchers are now trying to reverse the analogy, by using living organisms to construct logic circuits. The potential...

The formation of new species ('speciation') creates new biological diversity. This        book addresses the role of ecological differences between populations in driving        speciation. It reviews this process of 'ecological speciation' from ecological,        geographic, and genetic perspectives....

As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature,        acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching        networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them.Many patterns in        nature show a branching form - trees, river deltas, blood vessels, lightning,...