Category: E-Books

Derivatives 2nd edition (PDF) makes a special effort throughout the textbook to explain what lies behind the formal mathematics of hedging and pricing. Questions ranging from ‘how are forward/future prices determined?’ to ‘why does the Black-Scholes formula have the form it does?’ and ‘what is a call option?’ ‘how to

Steven Stanley’s classic textbook, now coauthored with John Luczaj, Earth System History 4th Edition (PDF) remains the only ebook for the historical geology course written from a truly integrated earth systems perspective. The thoroughly updated new fourth edition includes important new coverage on climate change, mass extinctions, and Proterozoic history,

Daniel Hartl’s Essential Genetics and Genomics, 7th edition, (PDF) is the ideal textbook for the shorter, less comprehensive genetics course. It presents carefully chosen topics that provide a solid foundation for the basic understanding of gene expression, mutation, and regulation. Genetics: Simplified. Dr. Hartl once again takes college students on

This ebook allows practicing engineers and engineering students to learn the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method and properly implement it toward their electromagnetic simulation projects. Every chapter contains a concise explanation of a vital concept and instruction on its implementation into computer code. Included projects intensify in complexity, ranging from simulations

In American Government: Stories of a Nation, (PDF), author Scott Abernathy tunes in to the voices of America’s people, showing how different ideas throughout our nation’s history have shaped our political institutions, our characteristics, the laws we live by, the way we participate and behave, and the challenges we face. His storytelling