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A comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats. More than 1,150 science experiments and activities. More than 9,400 printable diagrams, illustrations, and images; nearly 810 iPad/mobile-friendly videos and animations.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) offer long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars. The OREs cover both foundational and cutting-edge topics in order to develop, over time, an anchoring knowledge base for major areas of research across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Current topics covered: American History, Climate Science, Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Politics, Religion, African History, Asian History, Business and Management, Education, Natural Hazard Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Anthropology, Economics and Finance, Global Public Health, Physics, Planetary Science

Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas. It offers new books each year for students and scholars, and the avidly curious, offering a bridge between reference content and higher academic work. All titles provide introductions to a huge range of subjects, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable.