Oxford University Press

This is the first book to cover a new and rapidly developing research field in physics. Confining light in small structures called microcavities produces new devices which exploit the quantum physics of light matter interactions....

Asconius' commentaries on Cicero's speeches are not only interesting in their own right but also provide a mine of information about the turbulent history of the late Roman Republic. This volume, designed for students, presents the original Latin text with a new translation and commentary....

Written by a prominent contributor to recent debates on the welfare state, this is an in-depth comparison of two large European welfare states - UK and Germany. Spanning a 25-year period, this analysis provides a systematic comparison of policy change across each country in 3 core areas: unemployment support, pensions, and family policy....

A Very Short IntroductionIn its heyday in the late 1990s, neoliberalism emerged as the world's dominant economic paradigm. But the global financial crisis of 2008-9 fundamentally shocked a globalized economy built on neoliberal assumptions. This VSI examines the origins, core claims, and considerable variations of neoliberalism with examples from...

A Life in CirculationSet in the heart of late Renaissance London, William Harvey is the fascinating biography of the author of the revolutionary "e;circulation"e; theory of the movement of the blood, which would alter the history of science and general culture in a manner akin to Darwin's theory of evolution and Newton's theory of gravity....

The history of tuberculosisThe story of tuberculosis is a rich and fascinating one. It is a complex and ancient disease that, after many years of virtual disappearance in the developed world, is now making something of a comeback. Helen Bynum tracks the historical development of the disease, and considers the challenges it presents to the modern...