30-Second Cinema: The 50 most important ideas, genres, and people in the history of movie-making, each explained in half a minute 9781782407997

30-Second Classical Music: The 50 most significant genres, composers and innovations, each explained in half a minute 1782409319, 9781782409311

Do you know a capella from zarzuela, or your major from your minor? Can you distinguish between a serenade and a symphon

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30-Second Evolution: The 50 Most Significant Ideas and Events, Each Explained in Half a Minute 9781848318410

Adapt or die: it’s nature’s most famous imperative. But how does evolution actually happen? It’s too slow to see, but it

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30-Second Anthropology The 50 Most Important Ideas in the Study of Being Human, Each Explained in Half a Minute 1782409696, 9781782409694

Who are we? What is it about humans that sets us apart from every other living creature, past and present, on this plane

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30-Second Literature: The 50 most important forms, genres and styles, each explained in half a minute [1 ed.] 0711254672, 9781782408444, 9781782408

Whether you're looking for a new author or genre to explore, 30-Second Literature provides you with summaries of th

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The 30-Second Maths: The 50 Most Mind-Expanding Theories in Mathematics, Each Explained in Half a Minute 1848313861, 9781848313866

Maths is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. So how can you avoid being the only dinner guest who has no idea who Ferma

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30-Second Climate: The 50 most topical events, measures and conditions, each explained in half a minute 178240550X, 9781782405504

Weather and climate are not the same. Weather is what occurs outdoors on a daily basis and is unpredictable from one wee

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30-Second Energy: The 50 most fundamental concepts in energy, each explained in half a minute 9781782406839, 9781782405436, 1782405437

Do you know your fission from your fusion? You will have heard of Einstein's theory of relativity and his synonymous

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30-Second Philosophies: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Philosophies, Each Explained in Half a Minute 1848314507, 9781848314504

I Think Therefore I Am, Existentialism, Dialectical Materialism? The Socratic Method and Deconstruction? Sure, you know

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30-Second Napoleon: The 50 fundamentals of his life, strategies, and legacy, each explained in half a minute 1782405100, 9781782405108

""Napoleon Bonaparte was a man on borrowed time. Every task and duty was expedited with military precision – a

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30-Second Einstein: The 50 fundamentals of his work, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute 9781782404330, 9781782403876

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