Oxford University Press

Huntington's disease is a genetically inherited condition which results in severe        nerve-cell damage in the brain. The hereditary and debilitative nature of the        disease means that many people are involved either directly or indirectly by this        condition. The recent identification of the faulty gene involved has made...

Highly respected and international contributors examine the development of democratic government in Latin America and Europe, and the role that world politics play in shaping it in this revised edition of a highly acclaimed volume....

Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most        difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong        hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure        Reason has proved so enduring....

The work of Bertrand Russell had a decisive influence on the emergence of analytic philosophy, and on its subsequent development. The prize-winning Russell scholar Peter Hylton presents here some of his most celebrated essays from the last two decades, all of which strive to recapture and articulate Russell's monumental vision....

A Very Short IntroductionThis is the first accessible book to explain the most recent findings in dinosaur reasearch. It tells the story behind the exciting scientific discoveries that have built up a picture of how dinosaurs looked, what they ate, and how they moved and interacted with each other....

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