Category: Textbooks

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

Helping you see the relevance of government in your own life, Geer/Schiller/Herrera/Segal’s GATEWAYS TO DEMOCRACY, ENHANCED, 4th edition, (PDF/ePub) thoroughly explains how the U.S. political system works, pointing out the “gateways” that facilitate — or even block — participation. The Enhanced 4th edition provides updates from the 2018 election, coverage

Amphibian Evolution (PDF) focuses on the first vertebrates to occupy land and their long journey to become fully independent from the water. It tracks the origin of tetrapod features and tries to describe how and why they transformed into organs that permit life on land. Though the major frame of

A new edition of the definitive guide to logistic regression modeling for health science and other applications This comprehensively expanded,  Applied Logistic Regression, 3rd Edition, (PDF) provides an easily accessible introduction to the logistic regression (LR) model and highlights the power of this model by examining the relationship between a

Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2nd Edition, (PDF) is a well-illustrated, comprehensive text that provides expert coverage of the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of pediatric surgical disease. This thorough single-volume resource is improved by numerous drawings, radiographs, and photographs that show the authors’ preferred operative techniques. Wherever suitable, diagnostic and care guidelines