Category: Textbooks

This ebook Astrobiology: From the Origins of Life to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PDF) provides cutting-edge and concise reviews in astrobiology, a still emerging and young multidisciplinary field of science that addresses the fundamental questions of how life originated and diversified on Earth, what is the future for life

Discover biology, develop skills, and build connections Known for its discovery-based, student-centered approach, Scott Freeman’s Biological Science, 7th Edition, (PDF) focuses higher-order thinking, enhances skill development, and encourages active learning. Biological Science 7e equips college students with policies that go beyond memorization and guides them in making connections between key

Following in the tradition of the first 8 editions, the goal of this issues-based successful textbook, Chemistry in Context 9th edition (PDF), is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis for non-science majors, enabling them to learn chemistry in the context of their own lives and significant issues facing

This ebook, Model-Based System Architecture (PDF) combines the emerging discipline of systems architecting with model-based approaches using SysML. The early chapters of the ebook provide the fundamentals of systems architecture; discussing what systems architecting entails and how it benefits systems engineering. Model-based systems engineering is then defined, and its capabilities

Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 7th Edition (PDF) provides a unique, upstream preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read textbook. Covering the nurses’ role in promoting community health, it shows how students can take an active role in social action and