Category: Textbooks

Drug users are usually portrayed as useless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless—morally, culturally, and economically. By contrast, , The Social Value of Drug Addicts, (PDF) argues that the social construction of some people as impractical is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists J.

Written by 2 of the most prominent leaders in particle physics, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Fields (PDF) provides a classroom-tested introduction to the formal and conceptual foundations of quantum field theory. Designed for advanced graduate- and undergraduate-level physics students, the textbook only requires previous courses in

In Graphic Design: The New Basics, 2nd Edition, (PDF), bestselling author Ellen Lupton (Thinking with Type, Type on Screen) and design educator Jennifer Cole Phillips describe the important concepts of visual language that update any work of design, from logo or letterhead to a complex website. Through concise commentary and

The Fungal Cell Wall: An Armour and a Weapon for Human Fungal Pathogens (PDF) shows, that the fungal cell wall is important for the ecology and biology of all fungi and especially for human fungal pathogens. Students will learn, that the composition of the fungal cell wall is a different structure,

The insects: structure and function has been the standard textbook in the field since the first edition published over forty years ago. Building on the strengths of Chapman’s original textbook, this long-awaited, The Insects 5th edition (PDF) has been expanded and revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists, bringing