Category: Textbooks

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

Health care reform has been a central theme in public discourse for decades now. The passage of the Affordable Care Act was a key milestone, but rather than repress the rhetoric; it has ignited even more heated debate. In the latest edition of Introduction to US Health Policy, 4th edition,

The ebook Energy and the Environment, 3rd Edition (PDF) examines several critical topics of global importance associated with our increasing use of natural resource consumption and its impact on our beautiful environment. Author, Jeffrey Brack, provides updated information on significant and pivotal issues that surround the study of energy through

The Psychology, 5th Edition, (PDF) by an expert author team of Schacter/Gilbert/Nock/Wegner brings the up-to-date developments in psychology to students in a signature writing style that will stimulate a lifelong love of science. The authors — very respected writers and researchers of popular press titles — invite college students to

Recent conceptualization of depressive, anxiety, and related “emotional” disorders stress their similarities instead of their differences. In response, there has been a movement in current years away from old-style disorder-specific guide for the treatment of these disorders and toward treatment approaches that emphasize on addressing psychological processes that appear to