Big Ideas in Brief

Resumen del libro

100 ILLUSTRATIONS Big Ideas in Brief provides an accessible and easily understood tour of 200 key concepts that really matter. The ideas covered come from a wide range of subjects - Philosophy, Religion, Science, Politics, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and the Arts. A series of short and lively articles accompanied by 100 illustrations, introduce a host of diverse topics, from Existentialism to Expressionism, from Consciousness to Constitutionalism, from Feminism to Free Trade, from Class to Cognitive Theory, from Reincarnation to Relativity - all explained simply and clearly. Incredibly quick - clear artworks and simple explanations that can be easily remembered. Based on scientific research that the brain best absorbs information visually. Compact and portable format - the ideal, handy reference.

Biografía del autor

Ian Croftones autor del éxito de ventas History Without the Boring Bits (publicado en los Estados Unidos como The Totally Useless History of the World). Entre sus otros libros se cuentan Brewerx{0026} 39;s Cabinet of Curiosities (publicado ahora en rústica como Nettle Knickers and Exploding Toads), y varias obras de historia popular, como The Kings and Queens of England, The Disappeared, Traitors and Turncoats y Great Escapes. Ha escrito asimismo sobre diversos temas científicos para un público más joven, con contribuciones, por ejemplo, a la Encyclopedia of Science de Dorling Kindersley, en CD-ROM, y a The Young Oxford Encyclopedia of Science.