Category: Textbooks

Colour and the Optical Properties of Materials, 2nd edition (PDF) carefully introduces the science behind the subject, together with many modern and innovative applications, chosen to appeal to today’s students. For science students, it offers a broad introduction to the subject and the many applications of colour. To more applied

How does a lawyer think? Do lawyers need a lot of imagination? Why is legal language so abstract? Does legal intuition exist? It is no longer possible to answer these questions by applying philosophical analysis alone. Recent advances in the cognitive sciences have reshaped our conceptions of the human mental

Doing without Free Will: Spinoza and Contemporary Moral Problems (PDF) introduces Spinoza into the present-day discussion on moral problems and free will surrounding this discussion. Old Western moral philosophy, for the most part, has been built on the assumption of free will as a special human capacity to liberally choose

Written in a user-friendly manner, Fundamentals of Machine Design, Volume 2, (PDF) provides detailed discussions on design principles of belts, pulleys, chain drives, ropes and gear boxes. The ebook being a follow-up to the first volume, discusses types, properties, advantages and selection aspects of belt drives, grooved pulleys, flat belt

Theories of Personality, 9th edition, (PDF) provides a comprehensive foundation on the nature of personality theory, as well as its contributions to science. The coverage of each theory encompasses a biographical sketch of each theorist, related research, and applications to real life. Written by 3 preeminent psychology professors ― Gregory