Geophysics: a very short introduction [1st ed.] 9780198792956, 0198792956

Table of contents :
1. What is geophysics? --
2. Planet Earth --
3. Seismology and the Earth's internal structure --
4. Seismicity--the restless Earth --
5. Gravity and the figure of the Earth --
6. The Earth's heat --
7. The Earth's magnetic field --
8. Afterthoughts.

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Augustine: a very short introduction [1st publ. as a Very short introduction 2001, reprinted] 9780192854520, 0192854526

Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on Medieval scholar

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Dynasty: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [617, 1st ed.]

Combines history and anthropology in a global examination of families on the throne Discusses dynastic impulses and prac

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Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [606, 1st ed.] 9780192543578, 0198813945, 9780198813941

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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [1st ed.] 9780199340156, 0199340137, 9780199340132

Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Carl

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Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [553, 1st ed.] 9780198795544

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Secularism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [610, 1st ed.] 9780191064319, 9780198747222, 0198747225

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Scepticism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [613, 1st ed.] 9780192564498, 9780198829164, 0198829167

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Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction [1st ed.] 0199858500, 9780199858507

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