Category: Textbooks

An in-depth overview of two-dimensional semiconductors from theoretical studies, properties to emerging applications! Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted great attention due to their exotic properties deriving from their ultrathin dimensions. 2D materials, such as graphene, black phosphorus, transition metal dichalcogenides, transition metal oxides, and boron nitride, show versatile optical, catalytic,

When it comes to explaining basic economic principles by drawing on current economic issues and events, there is no one more helpful than New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and co-author, Robin Wells. In this best-selling introductory ebook, Economics 5th Edition, (PDF), Krugman and Wells‘ signature storytelling

The proliferation of information systems throughout the criminal justice system has motivated many universities supporting criminal justice programs to add criminal justice information systems technology to their curricula. Numerous universities have gone so far as to hire professors with specializations in information technology and to provide criminal justice information systems

Energy Storage Options and Their Environmental Impact, (PDF) brings together authors from a variety of different backgrounds to study the state-of-the-art of large-scale energy storage and study the environmental impacts of the key categories based on the types of energy stored. Though, as with all new technology, it is important

Derivatives 2nd edition (PDF) makes a special effort throughout the textbook to explain what lies behind the formal mathematics of hedging and pricing. Questions ranging from ‘how are forward/future prices determined?’ to ‘why does the Black-Scholes formula have the form it does?’ and ‘what is a call option?’ ‘how to