Oxford University Press

How the human body creates itselfWhere did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of identical twins not identical? How did my brain learn to learn? Why must I die? Questions like these remain biology's deepest and most ancient challenges. They force us...

The great recession is changing the way many people live and the way they perceive their prospects for the near and more distant future. Its longer term consequences will not be known for some time, but something can be learned from the effect on individuals and households who experienced financial hardship. This volume is the first to use...

The latest volume in the Pension Research Council series examines the financial advice profession as financial literacy becomes increasingly necessary for those saving for retirement....

&'she felt herself standing at the game of life with many eyes upon her, daring everything to win much&'Gwendolen Harleth gambles her happiness when she marries a sadistic aristocrat for his money. Beautiful, neurotic, and self-centred, Gwendolen is trapped in an increasingly destructive relationship, and only her chance encounter with the...

Swimming with the Sea Monster and other Jurassic AdventuresAre you ready for the best adventure ever? Welcome to the Jurassic! It's a totally awesome place, as Jamie and Tom are about to discover. With so many cool creatures to spot, the boys begin exploring. In three exciting adventures they meet an amazing stegosaurus, a seriously fed up...

How should neuroscience, psychology and behavioral genetics impact legal responsibility practices? Recent findings from these fields are sometimes claimed to threaten the moral foundations of legal responsibility practices by revealing that determinism, or something like it, is true. On this account legal responsibility practices should be...