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How do emotions affect your basic decision making Why do certain smells prompt long-forgotten memories, and what makes us suddenly self-conscious How does the biological organ, the brain, give rise to all of the thoughts in your head - enable you...

It is now more than a century since Einsteins theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces,...

Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the subatomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing, and according to Heisenbergs uncertainty principle, there is a limit on...

Illustrated INTRODUCING guide to the pre-eminent philosopher of the Enlightenment. Immanuel Kant laid the foundations of modern Western thought. Every subsequent major philosopher owes a profound debt to Kant s attempts to delimit human reason as...

Charting his meteoric rise in popularity, Christopher Kul-Want and Piero explore Zizeks timely analyses of todays global crises concerning ecology, mounting poverty, war, civil unrest and revolution. Covering topics from philosophy and ethics,...