Category: Textbooks

Introduction to Probability Models, 12th Edition, (PDF) is the latest version of Sheldon Ross’s classic bestseller. This trusted book introduces the student to elementary probability modelling and stochastic processes and shows how probability theory can be applied in fields such as computer science, engineering, the physical and social sciences, management

Aboriginal peoples in Canada have varied cultures but share common political and social challenges that have contributed to their experiences of health and illness. This collection discusses the origins of mental health and social problems and the development of culturally responsive approaches to services and health promotion. Healing Traditions (PDF)

Based on the U.S. textbook Organic Chemistry: A Brief Cours (PDF) this Organic Chemistry, A Brief Course Asia Adaptation (4th edition) continues to guide a diverse group of organic chemistry students by selectively revealing the logic of organic chemistry through a carefully designed organization, problem-solving, pedagogy, and illustrations. A textbook

Neither in my own nursing education at the B.S.N. nor at the M.S.N. level, was it even suggested, much less required, that I read any of Florence Nightingale‘s original writings. Even as a nurse educator for over thirty years, I did not require my students to read her writings either.

In today’s world, the most pressing challenges for public economics are of macroeconomic nature: debt, pensions, fiscal sustainability  and income distribution, and. All these problems are formed by the phenomenon of aging and demographic transition.  Public Economics: The Macroeconomic Perspective, (PDF) addresses these issues with the assistance of state-of-the-art macroeconomic