Category: E-Books

Designed for undergraduate math majors, this rewarding and rigorous treatment, Calculus: A Rigorous First Course (PDF/ePub) covers the usual topics of first-year calculus: derivatives, limits, infinite series and integrals. Author Daniel J. Velleman focuses on calculus as a tool for real problem-solving rather than the subject’s theoretical foundations. Stressing a

Ways of Knowing in HCI (PDF) brings together both traditional and new research methods in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Research methods include observations and interviews, ethnography, grounded theory, and evaluation of digital traces of behavior. Readers will attain an understanding of the type of knowledge every method provides, its disciplinary

Siegel’s Practical Business Statistics 7th Edition, (PDF) provides a conceptual, realistic, and matter-of-fact approach to managerial statistics that carefully maintains, but does not overemphasize mathematical correctness. The ebook provides deep understanding of how to learn from data and how to deal with uncertainty while promoting the use of practical computer

The eBook by Harley and Miller, Zoology 10th edition (PDF) continues to offer students an introductory general zoology textbook that is manageable in size and adaptable to a variety of course formats. It is a principles-oriented textbook written for the non-majors or the combined course, presented at the sophomore or

Future Energy: Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet, 3rd Edition, (PDF) provides decision-makers and scientists with the information they need to understand the relative importance and magnitude of many energy production methods so as to make the energy decisions necessary for sustaining development and dealing with climate change.