Category: Textbooks

For beginner-level, two-semester, or three-semester courses in Calculus for Life Sciences. Demonstrates students how calculus is used to analyze phenomena in nature — while offering flexibility for instructors to teach at their required level of rigor Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 4th Edition, (PDF) motivates health and life science, majors,

As ecology turns into the new engineering, the projection of landscape as infrastructure—the modern alignment of the disciplines of urban planning, civil engineering, and landscape architecture— has become demanding. Predominant challenges facing urban territories and regions today—including shifting climates, population mobilities and material flows are addressed and strategized here. Replying

The Science of Grapevines, 3rd Edition, (PDF) shows the latest insights into cultivar relationships, hormone action, vascular transport, and stress responses of grapevines. Based on the author’s many years of teaching, research, and practical experience with grapevines and grape production, the ebook is completely revised and updated, presenting a comprehensive

Game Development Essentials: An Introduction, 3rd Edition, (PDF) is a trustworthy, industry-driven introduction to the world of game development, with updates that keep readers up-to-date and well-prepared for a successful career in the field. This ebook not only examines content creation and the concepts behind the development, but it also

In his classic work Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick asked his readers to imagine being permanently plugged into a ‘machine that would give you any experience you desired’. He speculated that, in spite of the many obvious attractions of such a prospect, most people would choose against passing the