Oxford University Press

A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering is one of the latest additions to the market leading Oxford Paperback Reference series. In over 3,400 concise and authoritative A to Z entries, it provides definitions and explanations for chemical engineering terms in areas including: materials, energy balances, reactions, separations, sustainability, safety,...

&'I value fame almost as much as if I had been born a hero&'. (Preface to The Lucky Chance).  Aphra Behn (1640-89) achieved both fame and notoriety in her own time, enjoying considerable success for her plays and for her short novel Oroonoko, the story of a noble slave who loves a princess. Acclaimed by Virginia Woolf as the first English woman to...

The story of seas on Earth and other planetsOceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the Earth system, in regulating climate,...

And other curious tales from chemistryDisasters and discoveries. Industrial espionage and invention. Warfare and biopiracy. The race to find gold, uranium, precious stones. The history of scientific discovery is packed with fascinating incident. Lars AhrstrAm tells illuminating stories rich with human interest each based around a chemical element...

Epic Arts in Renaissance France examines the relationship between art and literature in sixteenth-century France, and considers how the epic genre became 'public' via realisations in various other art forms....

Global Financial Governance After the 2008 MeltdownThe 2008 financial crisis was the worst since the Great Depression and many voices argued that it would transform global financial governance. Analysts anticipated a "e;Bretton Woods moment"e;, referring to the 1944 conference that established the postwar international financial order....