Category: Textbooks

Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 4th International Edition, (PDF) introduces the spectrum of mechanical behavior of materials, stressing practical engineering methods for testing structural materials to get their properties, and forecasting their strength and life when used for vehicles, machines and structures. With its ready-to-use format and logical treatment, it is

A contemporary etextbook that helps readers thrive in today’s retailing industry –  Retail Management: A Strategic Approach 13th edition (global) is built on the fundamental principle that retailers have to plan for and adapt to a changing, complex environment. Without a pre-defined and well-integrated strategy, retailers may flounder and be unable

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

Nobel laureate Ernest O. Lawrence and renowned physicist Edward Teller founded the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1952. A new ideas incubator, the laboratory was at the heart of nuclear testing and the development of supercomputers, lasers, and other major technological innovations of the second half of the twentieth century.