Oxford University Press

Volume 1This book unfolds the subject of Relativity for undergraduate students of physics. It fills a gap between introductory descriptions and texts for researchers. Assuming almost no prior knowledge, it allows the student to handle all the Relativity needed for a university course, with explanations as simple, thorough, and engaging as possible....

On the Philosophical Foundations of Set TheoryMathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some        fundamental assumptions. The axioms of set theory have long played this role, so the        question of how they are properly judged is of central importance. Maddy discusses        the appropriate methods for such...

This book is the first comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of        Arabic. It is a pioneering work of scholarship based on the author's research in the        region.Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by some 250 million people in an area        stretching from Morocco in the West to parts of Iran in the East. Apart from...

The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings LiteratureThe Linji lu, or Record of Linji, ranks among the most famous and influential texts of the Chan and Zen traditions. Ostensibly containing the teachings of the Tang dynasty figure Linji Yixuan, the text has generally been accepted at face value, as reliable records of the teachings of this...

Alan Thomas articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge but it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. He makes wide-ranging use of contemporary work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory....

A wonderful and engaging adventure involving a girl, her elephant, an orphan boy and the man who wants to take the elephant from them. Crossing 2000 miles of 19th century America, this is a grand chase well described....