50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need To Know

Author : Adrian Furnham
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623651921
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know written by Adrian Furnham and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, or tried your hand as an amateur psychologist, 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know could be just the book for you. Not only providing the answers to these questions and many more, this series of engaging and accessible essays explores each of the central concepts, as well as the arguments of key thinkers. Author Adrian Furnham offers expert and concise introductions to emotional behavior, cognition, mentalconditions--from stress to schizophrenia--rationality and personality development, amongst many others. This is a fascinating introduction to psychology for anyone interested in understanding the human mind.

Author : Ben Dupre
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623651891
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know written by Ben Dupre and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever lain awake at night worried about how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppetmaster. If so, you are not alone--and what's more, you are in exalted company--for this question and other ones like it have been the stuff of philosophical rumination from Plato to Popper. In a series of accessible and engagingly written essays, 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know introduces and explains the problems of knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics, belief, justice, and aesthetics that have engaged the attention of thinkers from the era of the ancient Greeks to the present day.

Author : Edmund Conway
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623651824
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Economics Ideas You Really Need to Know written by Edmund Conway and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is a credit crunch? Why do professional athletes earn so much more than the rest of us? Which country is likely to be the world's leading economy in ten years' time? Daily Telegraph economics editor Edmund Conway introduces and explains the central ideas of economics in a series of 50 essays. Beginning with an exploration of the basic theories, such as Adam Smith's "invisible hand," and concluding with the latest research into the links between wealth and happiness, he sheds light on all the essential topics needed to understand booms and busts, bulls and bears, and the way the world really works.

Author : John Sutherland
Publisher : Greenfinch
ISBN 13 : 1529433754
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know written by John Sutherland and published by Greenfinch. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works. From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen , 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important literary concepts in history.

Author : Peter Stanford
Publisher : Chartwell Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848660762
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Religion written by Peter Stanford and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know offers a clear path through the conceptual and denominational thickets of global religion. Award-winning religious affairs correspondent Peter Stanford begins with an examination of sacred texts, the divine principle and good and evil, before moving on to a discussion of the different traditions within Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the myriad traditions of the East.

Author : Tom Butler-Bowdon
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1857884736
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Psychology Classics written by Tom Butler-Bowdon and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the key wisdom and figures of psychology's development over 50 books, hundreds of ideas, and a century of time.

Author : Adrian Furnham
Publisher : Quercus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781780875958
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know written by Adrian Furnham and published by Quercus Books. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, then this book is for you. Not only providing the answers to these questions and many more, a series of essays explore each of the central concepts, as well as the arguments of key thinkers. Adrian Furnham offers introductions to emotional behaviour, cognition, mental conditions - from stress to schizophrenia - rationality and personality development, among many others.

Author : Ben Dupre
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623651808
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know written by Ben Dupre and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know is a concise, accessible and popular guide to the central tenets of Western thought. Every important principle of philosophy, religion, politics, economics, the arts and the sciences is profiled in a series of short illustrated essays, complemented by an informative array of timelines and box features.

Author : Edmund Conway
Publisher : 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
ISBN 13 : 9781780875859
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know written by Edmund Conway and published by 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is a credit crunch? Why do footballers earn so much more than the rest of us? Which country is likely to be the world's leading economy in 10 years' time? Daily Telegraph economics editor Edmund Conway introduces and explains the central ideas of economics in a series of fifty essays. Beginning with an exploration of the basic theories, such as Adam Smith's "invisible hand", and concluding with the latest research into the links between wealth and happiness, he sheds light on all the essential topics needed to understand booms and busts, bulls and bears, and the way the world really works.

Author : Hayley Birch
Publisher : Greenfinch
ISBN 13 : 1529440149
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know written by Hayley Birch and published by Greenfinch. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the chemistry ideas that shape the world we live in today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, Hayley Birch introduces and explains everything you need to know about the world of chemistry, offering fascinating insights into our origins and life as we know it. From the molecules that kick-started life itself to nanotechnology and from fermentation to the periodic table, 50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important chemistry concepts in history. Contents include: Thermodynamics, Catalysts, Fermentation, Green Chemistry, Separation, Crystallography, Microfabrication, Computational Chemistry, Chemistry Occurring in Nature, Manmade Solutions: Beer, Plastic, Artificial Muscles and Hydrogen Future.