Category: Textbooks

Fundamentals of Structural Engineering 2nd edition (PDF) is an updated etextbook which provides a balanced, seamless treatment of both classic, analytic methods and contemporary, computer-based techniques for conceptualizing and designing a structure. New to the 2nd edition are treatments of geometrically nonlinear analysis and limit analysis based on nonlinear inelastic analysis.

Statistics for Nursing: A Practical Approach, 3rd Edition, (PDF) is designed in accordance with the Conversation Theory of Gordon Pask and presents the complicated topic of statistics in an understandable manner for entry-level nurses. The underlying principle of this design is to give students the opportunity to practice statistics while

This classroom-tested best-selling textbook Introduction to Probability (PDF) is an introduction to probability theory, with the right balance between probabilistic intuition, mathematical precision, and concrete applications. Introduction to Probability covers the material precisely while avoiding excessive technical details that may distract the students. After introducing the basic vocabulary of randomness,

For non-majors biology courses. Interesting and relatable stories engage students in learning biology Virginia Borden Maier and Colleen Belk have helped university students understand biology for over twenty years in the classroom and more than ten years with their popular textbook, Biology: Science for Life with Physiology 5e. The comprehensively

The ebook, Atlas of Essential Dermatopathology 2013 Edition (PDF), is not intended to be an all-encompassing atlas or textbook but rather a foundation of principles in dermatopathology, highlighting key elements in the field for trainees and will also serve as a basic resource for the pathologist in general practice. In