Category: Textbooks

How do we know what part a particular gene has? How do some genes handle the expression of others? How do genes interact to form gene networks? With its exceptional integration of genetics and molecular biology, Genetic Analysis, 3rd Edition, (PDF) explores fascinating questions such as these, describing how our

The ebook, Psychology’s Misuse of Statistics and Persistent Dismissal of its Critics, (PDF), is an aggressive critique of the misinterpretation of statistical knowledge of populations in mainstream psychology, evaluating the implications of assuming that those statistics constitute scientific knowledge of individuals. It explores the essential nature and historical roots of

The Soils of the USA, (PDF),  gives an overview of the properties, distribution, and function of soils in the U.S., including Hawaii, Alaska, and its Caribbean territories. It explains the history of soil surveys and pedological research in the U.S., and offers general descriptions of the country’s geology, climate and

Lagrangian Mechanics: An Advanced Analytical Approach (PDF) explains the subtleties of analytical mechanics and its applications in rigid body mechanics. The expert authors demonstrate the primordial role of parameterization, which conditions the equations and thus the information obtained; the essential notions of virtual kinematics, such as the virtual derivative and

The authors Tabarrok and Cowen describe their best selling textbook Modern Principles of Economics, 3rd Edition, (PDF) like this: Understand Your World. See the Invisible Hand. That’s the tagline of Modern Principles and our teaching philosophy. Nobel laureate Vernon Smith put it this way: “At the heart of economics is a