Category: Textbooks

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine (PDF) is a complete guide to topics in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics of medicine. It explores traditional topics such as the concept of disease, causality in medicine, the epistemology of the randomized controlled trial, explanation, the biopsychosocial model, clinical judgment and

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology, 2nd Edition, (PDF) is an authoritative survey of the key topics, current and upcoming trends, and contemporary issues in the study of institutions and human social relationships. A collection of contributions from internationally-recognized scholars and experts explore the theoretical and methodological foundations of sociology,

Chronicling the 11th US–France “Mechanics and physics of solids at micro- and nano-scales” symposium, organized by ICACM (International Center for Applied Computational Mechanics) in Paris, June 2018, this ebook addresses the breadth of issues raised. Mechanics and Physics of Solids at Micro- and Nano-Scales (PDF) covers a comprehensive range of

Over the past decades, infectious disease epidemics have come to increasingly pose major global health challenges to humanity. The Anthropology of Epidemics (PDF) approaches epidemics as total social phenomena: processes and events which encompass and exercise a transformational impact on social life whilst at the same time functioning as catalysts

For survey courses in Art History – Engaging, welcoming, comprehensive, and global Art History, Volume 1, 6th Edition, (PDF) brings the history of art to life for a new generation of students. It is international in scope, inclusive in its coverage, and welcoming and warm in tone. The guiding vision