So there is an OUP "Very Short Introduction" for quantum theory:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-280252-6

One for cryptography:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-280315-8

One for math:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-285361-9 (I will very likely get this; I'm math-illiterate, and I match the readership almost exactly: "people who would like to talk about mathematics in an informed way without having to learn technical details.")

there's an introduction for molecules:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-285430-5 (ah, molecules)

And one for particle physics:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-280434-0

But while future titles include "Chaos" (not to mention "The End of the World"), there is nothing at all on:

computational physics
complex networks
applied dynamical systems
self-organization in complex systems
nonlinear dynamics
grid computing
biological computing and simulation
computational cosmology
ecological simulations and modelling
data mining
Monte Carlo simulations
topographic imaging
particle theory

And so on.

Anyone who understands physics and would like to take pity on me and explain some things would be most welcome :)