Ecological principles are explained while introducing students to some of the mathematical techniques used to develop ecological models. The book builds models beginning with first principles, and then gently makes each formulation accessible to students through a step-by-step development of equatio[...]

The magnum opus of a distinguished philosopher Mind and Brain was originally published as the first two parts of a single-volume hardback edition. In it, Ted Honderich considers the exact nature of the relation between mental and neural events, how both sorts of events come about, and their relatio[...]

What is it for you to be conscious? There is no agreement whatever in philosophy or science: it has remained a hard problem, a mystery. Is this partly or mainly owed to the existing theories not even having the same subject, not answering the same question? In Actual Consciousness, Ted Honderich set[...]

Produced in partnership with OCR, University of York Science Education Group and Nuffield Foundation, these second editions of the Twenty First Century Science resources provide the best support for the new specifications and make the transition as smooth as possible. The Higher Student Book helps [...]

This text sets out a determinist philosophy of mind, and asks if there is such a clear version of free will. It goes on to ask whether or not determinism is true and what can we conclude about our lives if it is. Both the compatabilist and incompatabilist traditions are explored.[...]

The global economic crisis has required governments across the globe to reconsider their spending priorities. It is within this demanding economic context that higher education systems have been steadily restructured with in many ways the English model in the vanguard of change. This book focuses in[...]

Most people who have taken a biology course in the past 50 years are familiar with the work of David Lack, but few remember his name. Almost all general biology texts produced during that period have a figure showing the beak size differences among the finches of the Galapagos Islands from Lack's 1[...]

Creation versus evolution. Nature versus nurture. Free will versus determinism. Every November at the University of Chicago, the best minds in the world consider the question that ranks with these as one of the most enduring of human history: latke or hamantash? This great latke-hamantash debate, oc[...]

'Community Cohesion' has been adopted by national and local government as the new framework for race and diversity. This book sets its agenda. It offers information with regard to government reports and action programmes; research studies and discussion on key issues such as segregation and faith.[...]

Philosophers and social scientists share a common goal: to explore fundamental truths about ourselves and the nature of the world in which we live. But in what ways do these two distinct disciplines inform each other and arrive at these truths? The 10th anniversary edition of this highly regarded te[...]

Ted Striphas argues that, although the production and propagation of books have undoubtedly entered a new phase, printed works are still very much a part of our everyday lives. With examples from trade journals, news media, films, advertisements, and a host of other commercial and scholarly material[...]

Generations at Risk presents compelling evidence that human exposure to some toxic chemicals can have lifelong and even intergenerational effects on human reproduction and development. The result of a collaboration involving public health professionals, physicians, environmental educators, and polic[...]