Category: Textbooks

Involve college students in science with stories that relate to their lives. Biology: Science for Life, 6th Edition, (PDF) weaves a captivating storyline throughout each chapter to get student attention through the exploration of high-interest topics like genetic testing, global warming, and the Zika virus. The authors return to the

Shows the power of linear algebra through practical applications Friedberg/Insel/Spense’s Linear Algebra 5th Edition, (PDF) presents a careful treatment of the main topics of linear algebra. It stresses the symbiotic relationship between linear transformations and matrices but declares theorems in the more general infinite-dimensional case where appropriate. Applications to areas

Developed by the American Cancer Society this new etextbook, The American Cancer Society’s Oncology in Practice: Clinical Management (PDF), is designed for a wide range of practitioners and learners comprehensively addresses all aspects of clinical management for cancer taking an authoritative, balanced and, -where possible- evidence-based stance and may be

Java for Everyone, 3rd Edition, (PDF) provides comprehensive topical coverage, with different problems and examples, use of a visual component of fluid mechanics, and a strong emphasis on effective learning. The textbook allows the gradual development of confidence in problem-solving. Each important concept is introduced in easy-to-understand terms before more

The design of structures in general, and prestressed concrete structures in particular, requires considerably more information than is contained in building codes. A sound understanding of structural behaviour at all stages of loading is essential. This textbook presents a detailed description and explanation of the behaviour of prestressed concrete members