Category: Textbooks

Principles of Space Anthropology: Establishing a Science of Human Space Settlement (PDF) shows how anthropology can offer an innovative perspective on the human movement into space. It explores adaptation to space on timescales of generations, instead of merely months or years, and utilizes evolutionary adaptation as a guiding theme. Adopting

Essentials of Environmental Health, 2nd edition is a best-selling offering from the APHA/Jones & Bartlett Learning Essential Public Health series is a clear and comprehensive study of the major topics of environmental health, including: Environmental diseases (ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, microbial agents). Applications and domains of environmental health (food safety,

Neuroepidemiology is the epidemiologic study of neurological conditions. This fine textbook Neuroepidemiology: From Principles to Practice (PDF) provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of research methods for conducting epidemiologic and clinical research on these conditions. It is aimed at epidemiologists, neurologists, and public health professionals, as well as students of

From the front of the classroom to the top of the bestseller’s list, award-winning author of What is Life? A Guide to Biology 3rd Edition (PDF) and educator Jay Phelan knows how to tell the story of how real scientists investigate the big questions about life. Dr. Phelan is also

Food and Culture, 7th Edition, (PDF) is the market-leading textbook for cultural foods courses, offering current information on the health, food, culture, and nutrition habits of the most common racial and ethnic groups living in the United States. It is designed to help chefs, health professionals, and others in the