Category: Non Fiction

For teachers concerned that the practical skills of biology are lost when the student moves on to the next course or takes their first step into the “real world,” Principles of Life 3rd Edition, (PDF/ePub) lays the groundwork for later courses and for students’ careers. Broadening on its pioneering concept-driven

There are several physico-chemical processes that determine the behavior of multiphase fluid systems – e.g., the fluid dynamics in the different phases and the dynamics of the interface(s), mass transport between the fluids, adsorption effects at the interface, and transport of surfactants on the interface – and result in heterogeneous

Charles Stewart’s Interviewing: Principles and Practices, 15th edition (PDF), the most widely used textbook for the interviewing course, continues to reflect the growing sophistication with which interviewing is being approached, incorporating the ever-expanding body of research in all types of interview settings, recent communication theory, and the importance of equal

Hershel Raff (Medical College of Wisconsin), Eric Widmaier (Boston University), and Kevin Strang (University of Wisconsin) have taken on the challenge of preserving the strengths and reputation of Vander’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function. Moving outside the listing of only facts, it emphasizes the causal chains of events that

A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health (PDF) presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of the environment and humans in the shaping of illness and health around the globe. Analyzes the conditions of social and cultural transformation that accompany environmental