Category: Textbooks

In Pythagorean Women, (PDF), classical scholar Sarah B. Pomeroy talks about the groundbreaking principles that Pythagoras established for family life in Archaic Greece, like constituting a single standard of sexual conduct for men and women. Among the Pythagoreans, women played a vital role and participated actively in intellectual life. Though

The most comprehensive theoretical foundation available Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, Concise 7th Edition, (PDF) integrates four different methods to argument: the classical concepts of logos, ethos, and pathos, the enthymeme as a logical structure, the Toulmin system, and stasis theory. Emphasizing argument as dialogue in search of solutions

The design of structures in general, and prestressed concrete structures in particular, requires considerably more information than is contained in building codes. A sound understanding of structural behaviour at all stages of loading is essential. This textbook presents a detailed description and explanation of the behaviour of prestressed concrete members

The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 8th Edition, (PDF) offers an introduction to the analysis, design, and evaluation of electric circuits, emphasizing developing the learners’ design intuition. The ebook emphasizes the use of computers to help in design and evaluation. Early introduction to circuit design encourages the student to

Hershel Raff (Medical College of Wisconsin), Eric Widmaier (Boston University), and Kevin Strang (University of Wisconsin) have taken on the challenge of preserving the strengths and reputation of Vander’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function. Moving outside the listing of only facts, it emphasizes the causal chains of events that