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'Environmental law ensures that collective action in relation to environmental problems is authoritative and consistent with the rule of law and other principles of legitimate action.' ' Elizabeth Fisher, Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
Posted on September 28, 2018
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Posted on July 27, 2018
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Prime numbers have now become a crucial part of modern life, but they have been fascinating mathematicians for thousands of years. A prime number is always bigger than 1 and can only be divided by itself and 1 ' no other number will divide in to it. So the number 2 is the first prime number, then 3, 5, 7, and so on. Non-prime numbers are defined as composite numbers (they are composed of other smaller numbers).
Posted on May 19, 2017
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Though the winter season in the northern hemisphere doesn't officially begin until Monday, 21 December, many of us anticipate the joyful holidays and the not-so-joyful cold weather with bated breath. To get you prepped with some trivia arsenal for holiday parties, we've pulled some interesting facts about winter from our Very Short Introductions Online resource.
Posted on December 18, 2015
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By Luciana O'Flaherty All those who have read and loved a Very Short Introduction know that they offer a short but sophisticated route into a new or slightly familiar topic. The series was launched in 1995 and has continued to offer new books each year (around 30 a year, at the last count) for students, scholars, and the avidly curious.
Posted on September 24, 2013
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