Category: Non Fiction

Philosophers, criminologists, legal scholars, psychiatrists, and psychologists have long asked vital questions about punishment: What is its reason? What theories help us better comprehend its nature? Are there effective alternatives to punishment? Is punishment just? How can empirical data from the sciences help us better understand punishment? What are the

This thoroughly updated guide offers comprehensive explanations of the science behind today’s radio receivers along with practical guidance on designing, constructing, and maintaining real-world communications systems. You will explore system planning, demodulation, antennas and antenna coupling, amplifiers and gain control, mixers, filters, digital communication, and the latest software defined radio

In this PDF etextbook, Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function 7th edition, the authors present a logical framework for understanding contemporary organic chemistry. This framework emphasizes that the structure of an organic molecule determines how that molecule functions, be it with respect to its physical behavior or in a chemical reaction.

Microsimulation and Population Dynamics: An Introduction to Modgen 12 (PDF) is a step-by-step, practical introduction to microsimulation in demography. It demonstrates how to use Modgen, a free and powerful microsimulation platform made by Statistics Canada. The authors’ hands-on explanation of model development will assist readers to make their own. The

In this ebook titled The Economics of US Health Care Policy (PDF), authors Phelps and Parente explore the US health care system and set out the case for its reform. They trace the foundations of today’s system and show how distortions in the incentives facing participants in the health care