Category: Textbooks

The Science of Sound, 3rd International Edition, (PDF) is widely recognized as the prominent textbook in the field. It offers an excellent introduction to acoustics for students without college physics or a strong background in mathematics. In the latest Third Edition, authors Paul Wheeler and Richard Moore and join Tom

Education and Solidarity in the European Union: Europe’s Lost Spirit, (PDF) tells the story of the European Movement’s mission to create—by means of education—a European spirit in order to protect the success of European integration. This ebook draws associations between the crisis of solidarity experienced by the European Union today

In an age of human genome research, new reproductive technologies, environmental challenges, and more, students can benefit from an introductory sociology textbook that is physically informed. Sociology: A Biosocial Introduction, 2nd Edition, (PDF) integrates mainstream sociological research in all spheres of sociology with a scientifically informed model of an evolved,

Beer et al’s Mechanics of Materials 7th edition (PDF) is the uncontested leader for the teaching of solid mechanics. Used by thousands of university students around the world since publication, Mechanics of Materials 7e provides a precise presentation of the subject illustrated with numerous engineering examples that college students both

Drug users are usually portrayed as useless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless—morally, culturally, and economically. By contrast, , The Social Value of Drug Addicts, (PDF) argues that the social construction of some people as impractical is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists J.