Oxford University Press

Forensic science, with its connections to crime and detective work, is a subject        of wide fascination. This Very Short Introduction looks at the nature of forensic        science, how forensic scientists work, the different techniques involved, and the        broader legal issues it raises....

An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis is given to such topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the first explorations of the universe of...

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A review of the headlines of the past decade seems to show that disasters are        often part of capitalist systems: the high-tech bubble, the Enron fraud, the Madoff        Ponzi scheme, the great housing bubble, massive lay-offs, and a widening income gap.          Disenchantment with the market economy has reached the point that many even...

Theory, Strategy, and PracticeBased on cross-national and cross-sectoral case studies, the revised and updated        second edition of this seminal and successful text provides a multi-disciplinary        introduction to key debates in regulation, including fundamental and institutional        strategies and issues surrounding the design and...

Do animals have thoughts and feelings? Could robots have minds like our own? Can we ever know, or will the answer be forever out of our reach? David McFarland explores the answers to these questions, drawing not only on the philosophy of mind, but also on developments in artificial intelligence, robots, and the science of animal behaviour....