Category: Textbooks

Concise Guide to Object-Oriented Programming, (PDF) offers an accessible introduction to coding and the world of Object-Oriented (OO) programming, using Java as the illustrative programming language. Focus is placed on what is most helpful for the first-time coder, in order to develop and understand their skills and knowledge in a

Brain and Behavior: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective (PDF) addresses the main aims of cognitive neuroscience, seeking to explore the brain not only by its components but also by their functions. It emphasizes the principles, discoveries, and remaining question marks of modern cognitive neuroscience. Brain and Behavior covers an extensive swath

Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity (PDF) offers an integrated picture of Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppes during a formative period of world history. In the half millennium between 250 and 750 CE, settled empires underwent deep structural changes, while various nomadic peoples of the steppes (Huns, Avars,

This advanced undergraduate textbook, Advanced Calculus of a Single Variable, (PDF), is centered on a one-semester course on single variable calculus that the author has been teaching at San Diego State University for several years. The goal of this classroom-tested book is to deliver a complicated discussion of the concepts

This best-selling textbook, written for the non-scientist, is appropriate for a wide variety of college students, including law enforcement, criminal justice, law, and more! Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science, 11th edition (PDF), strives to make the technology of the modern crime laboratory clear and comprehensible to the non-scientist. The