A Very Short Introduction to Everything

Very Short Introductions

by Oxford University Press

A Guide to "Very Short Introduction" Series published by Oxford University Press.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Science, Philosophy, Education, Reference

125 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, is the largest university press in the world. The university became involved in printing around 1480, becoming a major source of Bibles, prayer books and scholarly works. It took on the Oxford English Dictionary project in the late 19th century, and in order to meet the ever-rising costs of the work, it expanded into publishing children's books, school text books, music, journals, and the World's Classics series. OUP is committed to major financial support of the university and to furthering the university's excellence in scholarship, research and education through its publishing.

Reviews

[Harish P · Rating 2 out of 5]

'Everything' is misleading. I was thinking that the book could be something like 'A Short History About Everything' by Bill Bryson. That's not the case to be. 'Everything' here refers to the titles in the Very short Introduction series. The book is intended as a primer/curtain-raiser of the titles that constitute the series. The book is divided into 7 themes aka chapter, each concerning a certain aspect of life or Universe, at large. The titles relevant to the theme are featured with some interesting summary. Only complaint-why am I charged for the book, when it is a little more than a marketing material of Oxford University Press. Luckily, I borrowed it from a friend.

[Theodore · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a great place to start if you are interested in reading or collecting the "Very Short Introduction" series. The book is filled with one to two page summaries of the leading topics (at the time of publishing) covered in the VSI series.

[Sookie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A misleading title but useful nonetheless. The book gives a page or two introduction to most titles in the series.

[Bibliomantic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everything: A Very Short Introduction... perhaps I should follow up with Frank Close's Nothing: A Very Short Introduction. This is an overview and a celebration of the Oxford UP VSI series, so maybe it's not really a book, but maybe it is. Nevertheless, I liked it, mostly because of how much it made me want to pick up about 50 more of these little things and read them. This volume contains seven broad topic essays, including one on the series in general, and descriptions of select volumes within.

[Ethar Abuhashish]

هو مجرد تجميعة لموضوعات كتب السلسلة .....مش موضوع محدد يعنى ........so no rate is given :-)

[Ejaz Husseini]

Although dry, this book isn’t meant to be read perse, but is there to be used as an encyclopedia for readers to skim through, and then diving into the areas that interest them. There is a ceremonial feeling about this book, and it comes from celebrating such a significant and serviceable service for lay readers, waiting to get their hands dirty in different subjects. This is it: dive right in!

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[Dhaval · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book is nothing but a prelude to the - A Very Short Introduction OUP series.

It is a jumble of essays by various authors on various topics. Thus having an inconsistent narrative and structure to the overall content.

I hope the later books of the series are better.

[Marie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Missleasing title. Just teasers about the other book in the series. Interesting at Times, but i was hoping for more Info in the topics and less on the books themselves

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

More or less a 'hodge-podge' of material related to the series as a whole.

[Trina · Rating 2 out of 5]

This wasn't what I was expecting, I thought it was going to be a philosophical book. Instead, it is a book filled with summaries of all the other "A Very Short Introduction to...". It wasn't bad per say, as it made me want to read the books mentioned in it.

[Malak · Rating 1 out of 5]

The title promises a lot, but the content felt scattered and shallow. It reads more like a quick skim than a true introduction. I was hoping for clarity and structure—but ended up with a confusing overview that didn’t offer much value.

[Kyra · Rating 3 out of 5]

A list of the books in the series - a taster, rather than a real book. A guide to some of the books published to date.

[Mariam Shobita]

reached 58

[Ji]

The introduction to a massive collection of "a very short introduction to..." everything books.

[Amber Rose]

misleading