Category: Textbooks

One of the most successful textbooks ever published on its subject, the new Reisberg’s Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind, 7th Edition, (PDF), emphasizes the insights and ideas that move the field and supports student learning. Three very exciting features — a comprehensive, author-created instructor’s guide, a new pedagogical

Cheese: Chemistry, Physics and Microbiology, 4th Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the chemical, physical, microbiological, biochemical, and physico-chemical aspects of cheese, taking the reader from rennet and acid coagulation of milk, to the role of cheese and related foods in addressing public health issues. The work addresses the science from

General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, 3rd Edition, (PDF) is different by design. By associating fundamental concepts of general, organic, and biological chemistry to the daily world, Janice Smith effectively involves students with extensive illustrations, bulleted lists, and step-by-step problem-solving. Smith writes with an approach that provides need-to-know information in a

Earth Science for Civil and Environmental Engineers (PDF) introduces engineering students to the fundamental principles of applied Earth science, emphasizing how modern soil and rock mechanics, hydrogeology, geomorphology, seismology, and environmental geochemistry affect geotechnical and environmental practice. Main geological topics of engineering relevance including soils and sediments, groundwater, rocks, and

Ira N. Levine’s Physical Chemistry, 6th Edition, (PDF) offers students an in-depth basic treatment of physical chemistry. At the same time, the treatment is made easy to follow by giving complete step-by-step derivations, clear explanations and by preventing advanced mathematics unfamiliar to college students. Necessary physics and math have thorough