Category: Textbooks

Although surveillance hit the headlines with revelations by Edward Snowden that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been tracking phone calls worldwide, surveillance of citizens by their governments actually has been conducted for many centuries. Only now, with the advent of modern technologies, it has exponentially evolved so that today you

A key goal of environmental research is to inform policy and decision-making. Though, environmental experts working at the interface between policy, science, and society face complex challenges, including how to recognize sources of disagreement over environmental issues, communicate uncertainties and limitations of knowledge, and handle controversial topics like genetic modification

Brain and Behavior: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective (PDF) addresses the main aims of cognitive neuroscience, seeking to explore the brain not only by its components but also by their functions. It emphasizes the principles, discoveries, and remaining question marks of modern cognitive neuroscience. Brain and Behavior covers an extensive swath

Organized around the central theme of homeostasis, Human Physiology 9th Edition (PDF) helps college students appreciate the integrated functioning of the human body. Expert author Lauralee Sherwood uses very straightforward and clear language, analogies, and frequent references to everyday experiences to help all physiology students learn and relate to physiology