Category: Textbooks

Fundamentals of Photonics, 3rd Edition, (PDF) is a self-contained and up-to-date introductory-level textbook that comprehensively surveys this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a blend of theory and applications, coverage covers detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, electromagnetic optics, wave optics, and

As aircraft flew faster, higher, and farther in the early days of flight, pilots were exposed as inefficient, vulnerable, and dangerous. They asphyxiated or got the bends at high altitudes; they spiraled to the ground after encountering clouds or fog; they fainted during high-G maneuvers Their capacity to commit fatal

Explore the world of the cell – Widely praised for its strong biochemistry coverage and clear, easy-to-follow figures and explanations, Becker’s World of the Cell 9th edition global, (PDF) provides a beautifully-illustrated, up-to-date introduction to cell biology processes, concepts, and applications. Informed by many years of class experience in the sophomore-level

Segui’s STEEL DESIGN, 5th edition (PDF) covers the fundamentals of structural steel design with an emphasis on the design of members and their connections, rather than the integrated design of buildings. The ebook is designed so that instructors can easily teach ASD, LRFD, or both, time-permitting. The application of fundamental

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