Category: Textbooks

For several years, there have been discussions about whether intellectual property (IP) is really property. The property concept, mainly when used in transnational and international concepts, remains somewhat indefinable. Here, Ole-Andreas Rognstad expansively discusses the use of the property metaphor in relation to IP from a transnational perspective. Rognstad gives

Many advances in medicine and surgery can be traced back to advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the human body. Human anatomy became an objective discipline in the sixteenth century, based on direct observation and scientific principles. Not surprisingly, the study of human anatomy has progressed

Principles Of Microeconomics 7th Edition (PDF), by Mankiw, continues to be the most popular and widely-used text in the economics classroom. An ebook by a superb economist and author that stresses the most important concepts without overwhelming college students with an excess of detail. A thorough update has been made

Preliminary mathematics textbook for college students on engineering and science degree and pre-degree courses. Its exclusive programmed approach takes students through the mathematics they need in a step-by-step fashion with a wealth of exercises and examples. Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition, (PDF) stresses that students engage with it by asking them

Renewable Energy, Combined Edition, (PDF) starts with a review of our past dependence on fossil fuels as our key energy source and our future needs to change how our energy is produced and utilized due to reducing resources and environmental impact. Synthesis Lectures on Renewable Energy Technologies The first volume