Includes all the flags of the world and updated political boundaries. This title contains information that reflects…

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What is language? Why do we have it? Why does that matter? Language is perhaps humanity's most astonishing accomplishment…

Names have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes…

A collection of gags, rib-ticklers and plain silly one-liners. Organised by subject matter (from Absence - via Insults - to…

The science of geology is going through a remarkable period of expansion and advancement. This dictionary contains over 7500…

Explains a host of economic terms, from acceleration principle to venture capital, Euro to X-efficiency, globalisation to…

Takes in various branches of pure and applied mathematics, from algebra to mechanics and from number theory to statistics.…

A dictionary of numbers that is arranged in order of magnitude. It exposes the fascinating facts about certain numbers and…

What do philosophers mean by 'absolute' and 'akrasia'? What are 'Polish notation' and 'prime matter'? What contributions to…

Worried about your maternal effect or biological clock? Need to know a rhizoid from a rhizome? Think you're going to fail…

A completely new and fully-comprehensive book aimed at anyone who has contact with the construction industry.…

A dictionary that covers all the important topics in this key subject area including chemistry, physics, molecular biology,…

Offers definitions for every area of physics - from optics and acoustics to mechanics and electronics, via quantum theory…