The Oxford University Press puts out a series of books, each called A Very Short Introduction....to....... There are about 200 volumes. Each is the size of a very large cell phone and can easily fit into the back pocket of a pair of jeans. Spacious jacket is also a bookmark. Some of the titles I have read include very short introductions to Buddhism, Galaxies, Quantum Physics, Autism, Modern China, Memory, Chaos(that was a good one), Cosmology, The Crusades and Game Theory, to name a few. I was going to hyper-link all of these but I am too lazy and it is 12:54AM. The books used to cost $9.95, but with the current economic dyspepsia, they are now $11.95.
Here's the weird thing. I just bought A Very Short Introduction to Nothing, and it immediately disappeared. No kidding! So the question is, was that what was supposed to happen, or should I keep looking, or should I just ask for my money back. But then I wouldn't get Nothing. But I might find Nothing too.
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I read one of these but I remember nothing about it, not even the topic. Maybe it was A Very Short Introduction to Nothing too.
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