Oxford University Press

The Pendulum: A Case Study in Physics describes one physical system - the pendulum - and its manifestations in classical and modern physics. While being a technical work, this remarkable study is set within the context of the technological, historical, and cultural developments to which the pendulum has contributed....

A Very Short IntroductionEveryone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational claims, it can be difficult to separate the myths from the reality. Timothy Lim explains the cultural and historical background of the scrolls, and presents the true facts behind the theories and controversies...

A Very Short IntroductionThis book explores what it means to be rational in a variety of contexts, from personal decisions to those affecting large groups of people. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources....

Cloistered and inaccessible 'brides of Christ'? Or socially engaged women, active        in the outside world to a degree impossible for their secular sisters?Nuns tells the        fascinating stories of the women who have lived in religious communities since the        dawn of the modern age - their ideals and achievements, frustrations and...

The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975One of this century's watershed events for American politics, foreign policy,        culture, values, and economy, the Vietnam War is still always with us even after        more than two decades. Now, eminent historian Robert D. Schulzinger has combed the        newly available documentary evidence, both in...

"e;Me!"e; cried Fanny..."e;Indeed you must excuse me. I could not act any thing if you        were to give me the world. No, indeed, I cannot act."e;At the age of ten, Fanny Price        leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her        wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur...