Category: Textbooks

How did the relations between science and philosophy evolve during the 17th and 18th centuries? Dutch Cartesianism and the Birth of Philosophy of Science (PDF) evaluate this subject by considering the history of Cartesianism in Dutch universities, and its legacy in the 18th century. It considers how the disciplines of

The Enduring Democracy, 5th Edition, (PDF) looks at how problems and controversies characterizing American government today have been successfully tackled in America’s past, and it examines how changing demographics of America have affected the political landscape. Updates include coverage of the 2016 election results and the challenges facing the new

The best-selling ebook by Smith and Pacitti, Pharmacology for Nurses, 2nd Edition (PDF) teaches undergraduate nursing students the basic concepts of pharmacology. The textbook focuses on critical need-to-know information and draws on the experience of contributing authors in the field of nursing. It takes a new approach to teach the complex

This advanced undergraduate Analytical Mechanics (PDF) textbook begins with the Lagrangian formulation of Analytical Mechanics and then passes directly to the Hamiltonian formulation and the canonical equations, with constraints incorporated through Lagrange multipliers. Hamilton’s Principle and the canonical equations remain the basis of the remainder of the text. Topics considered

Since the introduction and proliferation of the Internet, problems involved with maintaining cybersecurity has grown exponentially, and have evolved into many forms of exploitation. Yet, Cybersecurity has had far too little study and research. Virtually all of the research that has taken place in cybersecurity over many years, has been done