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21st Century Debates

6 books in this series

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  In depth, thoroughly researced coverage of the issues surrounding contemporary debates.

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  Differing viewpoints, facts and opinions show the complexity of the issues and help the reader to make up their own minds about them.

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  Artificial Intelligence

  From diagnosing diseases to navigating spacecraft, from challenging us in video games to selling us products on the Internet, artificial intelligence (AI) now affects every aspect of our lives. Over the last fifty years, researchers have created AI systems that are startlingly close to human intelligence in their capabilities, and progress continues to accelerate. This wide-ranging book looks at the origins and applications of AI - in robotics, science, industry, war and entertainment - and explores the exciting implications, and underlying risks, of future AI developments.
  
  
  
  Includes fact boxes, 'debate' suggestions to stimulate discussion and 'viewpoints' to show people's conflicting views on the subject.

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 3953 0

  
  

  240x170mm - 64 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  The Drugs Trade

  This book looks at the complex web that links people across the world - from the Afghan poppy farmer to the London heroin addict. The drugs trade is now a huge global industry - generating more income than the tourist industry - and this book looks at why this is so and the measures governments have taken to combat it. It presents the facts about the production, distribution and use of illegal drugs and asks how the supply and demand of drugs can be reduced.
  
  
  
  Throughout there are debate boxes which challenge the reader to think about difficult questions and viewpoints boxes that look at differing sides of the debates.

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 4065 9

  
  

  240x170mm - 64 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
  
   

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  Global Debt

  Contents:
  

  • What is Debt?
  • How Did the Debt Problem Start?
  • The Effects of Debt on Education
  • The Effects of Debt on Health
  • The Debt Boomerang
  • Is Aid the Answer?
  • Debt and Trade
  • Debt Relief - Can It Work?
  • Glossary
  • Books to Read
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5112 9

  
  

  240x170mm - 64 pages

  
  

  £7.99 PB

  
  
  
   

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  New Religious Movements

  Contents:
  

  • Cults, Sects or New Religions?
  • New Relidious Movements Around the World
  • Controversial New Religious Movements
  • Who Joins New Religious Movements?
  • Voluntary Conversion or Brainwashing?
  • Life in a New Religious Movement
  • Leaving New Religious Movements
  • The Future - Protection, Persecution or Tolerance?
  • Glossary
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5111 2

  
  

  240x170mm - 64 pages

  
  

  £7.99 PB

  
  
  
   

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  Water Supply

  Contents:
  

  • A Thirsty World
  • Water as a Resource
  • Water is Life
  • The Well Runs Dry
  • Polluted Water
  • Water Conservation
  • Water Conflicts
  • A New Water Economy
  • Water for Tomorrow
  • Glossary
  • Books to Read
  • Useful Addresses
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5614 8

  
  

  240x170mm - 64 pages

  
  

  £8.99 PB