Oxford University Press

Trust lies at the heart of our relationships, our society and our everyday lives. From fascinating puzzles about the biological origins of trust, to the wider social and political implications of trust in human society, this short but thought-provoking book explores how trust works, what makes it possible, and why it matters more than ever today....

Martin Luther's theology presented a paradigmatic shift in defining God and humanity, refuting the foundations of Aristotelian anthropology with a new emphasis on the Revealed God and his unconditioned grace. Robert Kolb traces the development of Luther's thinking within the context of late medieval theology and piety at the dawn of the modern era....

An Elementary IntroductionFor students with a background in elementary algebra, this book provides a vivid introduction to the key phenomena and ideas of chaos and fractals, including the butterfly effect, strange attractors, fractal dimensions, Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set, power laws, and cellular automata. The book includes over 200...

Lung cancer is the most common cancer affecting the industrialized world and        affects the lives of thousands of people, including patients' friends and family,        every year. The most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco        smoke. The occurrence of lung cancer in nonsmokers, who account for as many as...

How the Social Brain Creates IdentityThe Self Illusion explores where the self comes from, why we have it, why it is        incoherent, and why research in neuroscience has shown it to be fundamentally- an        illusion. By revealing the developmental origins of the self in early childhood,        Bruce Hood shows what this means in our daily...

Beowulf is the longest and finest literary work to have come down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, and one of the world's greatest epic poems. This acclaimed translation is complemented by a critical introduction and substantial editorial apparatus....