Category: Textbooks

An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor, PDF, provides a concise and accessible overview of psychologists’ research on humor. Drawing on research from a range of psychological perspectives, from cognitive and biological to social and developmental, the ebook assesses factors that affect our comprehension, detection, liking, and use of humor.

Dynamics and Stochasticity in Transportation Systems: Solutions for Transportation Network Modeling, (PDF) breaks new ground on the topics, offering comprehensive and consistent coverage of steady-state equilibrium and dynamic assignment within a common strategy. The ebook details the latest advances in network assignment, including within-day and day-to-day dynamics, offering a solid

Our world and bodies are becoming increasingly polluted with chemicals capable of interfering with our hormones and thus, possibly, our present and future mental and neural health. As authors Scott Belcher and Heather Patisaul outline, there is a large lack of data and evidence in this causal relationship, which begs a

The eBook AMERICAN PAGEANT 16th edition, Volume 2 (PDF) enjoys a reputation as one of the most effective, popular, and entertaining textbooks in American history. The first-person quotations, colorful anecdotes, and trademark wit bring American history to life. A new feature, “Contending Voices,” offers paired quotes from original historical sources,

This ebook, Human Memory 3rd edition (PDF) by Radvansky provides a complete survey of research and theory on human memory in 3 major sections. A background section covers issues of the history of memory, and basic neuroscience and methodology. A core topics section discusses mechanisms of forgetting, sensory registers, and