Category: Textbooks

Fresh healthcare reform and its provisions have pushed health information technology (HIT) into the forefront. Higher life expectancies, lower costs, fewer medical errors, and improved transparency are all possible through HIT. Taking an integrated approach, Impact of Healthcare Informatics on Quality of Patient Care and Health Services (PDF) explores the

Showing why mathematics matters – In College Algebra with Modeling and Visualization 6th edition (PDF) Gary Rockswold doesn’t just mention real-world examples; he teaches mathematical concepts through those applications. For example, if we look at Facebook usage over time, what might that tell us about predictions and linear growth? In

The Human Mitochondrial Genome: From Basic Biology to Disease, (PDF) provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of human mitochondrial genomics, linking basic research to translational medicine across a range of disease types. Here, international specialists discuss the essential biology of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), including its maintenance, repair, heredity and segregation.

Mariella Hoefnagels‘ passion as a classroom instructor is evident in Biology: Concepts and Investigations 4th edition (PDF), an introductory biology etextbook written to explain the general concepts of biology at a level of detail that allows science students to understand concepts, rather than memorize details. New digital resources, tutorial animations

The relevance of economics shown with real-world business examples The expert authors of Essentials of Economics, 6th Edition, (PDF) help strengthen interest in the discipline concepts and make the key principles of this subject relevant to readers’ lives by showing how real businesses use economics to make decisions every day.