Educational eBooks

An Expert in Cyberpsychology Explains How Technology Is Shaping Our Children, Our Behavior, and Our Values - and What We Can Do About It Mary Aiken, the worlds leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology, offers a starting point for all future c......

Since September 2011, the Occupy movement has captured the world's imagination. The media has been flooded with accounts of demonstrations, descriptions of the encampments, interviews with Occupiers, and discussions of Occupy's merits, political a......

Inventory management is about more than counting what youve got. Its about understanding business realities and making decisions that balance current demand with future needs. Author Max Muller teaches readers how to do this while keeping overhead......

Numerical Methods and Modelling Computational Hydraulics introduces the concept of modeling and the contribution of numerical methods and numerical analysis to modeling. It provides a concise and comprehensive description of the basic hydraulic......

Increase your knowledge of vocabulary with 'Collins Vocabulary for IELTS' and get the score you need. IELTS is the world's leading test of English for higher education and migration and is recognised by 6000 institutions in over 135 countries. ......

This book draws together the most interesting recent results to emerge in mechanical engineering in Russia, providing a fascinating overview of the state of the art in the field in that country which will be of interest to a wide readership. A......

Social and behavioral scientists study religion or spirituality in various ways and have defined and approached the subject from different perspectives. In cultural anthropology and archaeology the understanding of what constitutes religion in......

Understanding the Human Figure by Uldis Zarins with Sandis Kondrats One picture is worth a thousand words! Congratulations, this is B.S.-free zone! Visual artists are visual thinkers! They don't want to read magnificent, but boring anatomy text......

Popular Lectures in Mathematics, Volume 12: Mathematical Problems and Puzzles: From the Polish Mathematical Olympiads contains sample problems from various fields of mathematics, including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. The conte......

Exposure to noise at home, at work, while traveling, and during leisure activities is a fact of life for all Americans. At times noise can be loud enough to damage hearing, and at lower levels it can disrupt normal living, affect sleep patterns, a......

Generally speaking, quantitative-structure activity relationship (QSAR) is a technique which correlates the biological activities of a set of compounds to their structures using a mathematical equation represented in its general form by Biological......

How do we design for users? How might users best participate in the design process? How can we evaluate the user's experience of designed products and services? These fundamental questions are addressed in Designers, Users, and Justice, through a ......

This student-friendly book deals with various approaches for solving differential equations numerically or semi-analytically depending on the type of equations and offers simple example problems to help readers along. Featuring both traditional......

This book highlights the contributions of the eminent mathematician and leading algebraist David F. Anderson in wide-ranging areas of commutative algebra. It provides a balance of topics for experts and non-experts, with a mix of survey papers......

Volume 1: Defining Principles Sustainable development is commonly defined as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainability in engineering incorpo......

Never change a winning team. Since the appearance of the first volume in 1994 this series has become a well respected forum, and like its highly successful predecessors, this sixth volume again brings together leading experts from academia and ......

The most-trusted resource for physiatry knowledge and techniques, Braddoms Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation remains an essential guide for the entire rehabilitation team. With proven science and comprehensive guidance, this medical reference b......

Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law Economic interaction has enlarged the international trade in goods and services, but the safe and humane flow of persons across international borders remains a challenge in a State-based model of......

Financial Feasibility, Tax Increment Financing and Tax Credits This book explains the nuts and bolts of affordable housing development. Divided into two complementary sections, the book first provides an overview of the effectiveness of existin......

Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg has written that "all that has happened since 1687 is a gloss on the Principia." Now you too can appreciate the significance of this stellar work, regarded by many as the great......