Archive for the 'VSI' Category

Alcohol: The World’s Oldest Recreational Drug

An excerpt from Drugs: A Very Short Introduction by Prof. Les Iversen, the new chairman of the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

Countdown to Copenhagen: Mark Maslin

Mark Maslin kicks off the OUPblog Countdown to Copenhagen.

At last, progress in developing an AIDS vaccine

HIV/AIDS expert Alan Whiteside on the recent HIV vaccine trails in Thailand.

Will the Internet Create a Universal Writing System?

Andrew Robinson, author of Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction on the internet and language.

Meet the Author: Hermione Lee

Professor Hermione Lee talks about her new book Biography: A Very Short Introduction.

Darwin’s Religious Odyssey

An excerpt from Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction, which was recently awarded The Dingle Prize.

Widening and some deepening: How Britain joined the EU

An excerpt from The European Union: A Very Short Introduction.

Meet the Author: Nigel Warburton

Nigel Warburton talks about his book Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction.

The VSIs at the Oxford Literary Festival 2009

Some photographs from the Oxford Literary Festival.

Do nuclear weapons make the world a safer place?

Joseph Siracusa on whether nuclear weapons make us safer or not.

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