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

Applied Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social and Life Sciences, Expanded 11th Edition, (PDF) offers a sound, intuitive understanding of the fundamental concepts students need as they pursue careers in economics, business, and the life and social sciences. Students attain success using this textbook as a result of the

By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, The History and Theory of Rhetoric 6th edition (PDF)  illustrates how persuasive public discourse performs essential social functions and shapes our daily lifes. College students gain a conceptual framework for practising and evaluating persuasive writing and

With its 1st edition, Principles of Life provided a textbook well aligned with the recommendations proposed in BIO 2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists and Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education. Now Principles of Life 2nd edition (PDF) returns in a thoroughly updated new edition that exemplifies

The Legal Writing Handbook, 7th Edition, (PDF/ePub) offers a helpful process approach to teaching legal writing. The authors guide students through each of the essential stages of the writing process, from pre-writing, drafting, and editing, to the final draft. The authors’ gradual approach assures that college students will grasp the