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World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization
Copyright Year: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
License: CC BY-NC-SA
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization is designed for students to experience and study as much of the world as possible within a limited amount of time. It gives students the fundamental concepts and the latest data regarding world places in a concise, easy-to-read format.
(8 reviews)
Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices
Copyright Year: 2012
Contributor: Bhattacherjee
Publisher: Global Text Project
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. This book is based on my lecture materials developed over a decade of teaching the doctoral-level class on Research Methods at the University of South Florida. The target audience for this book includes Ph.D. and graduate students, junior researchers, and professors teaching courses on research methods, although senior researchers can also use this book as a handy and compact reference.
(43 reviews)
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
Copyright Year: 2008
Contributors: Downey, Elkner, and Meyers
Publisher: Green Tea Press
License: CC BY
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python is an introduction to programming using Python.
(8 reviews)
Physical Modeling in MATLAB
Copyright Year: 2009
Contributor: Downey
Publisher: Green Tea Press
License: Free Documentation License (GNU)
Most books that use MATLAB are aimed at readers who know how to program. This book is for people who have never programmed before. As a result, the order of presentation is unusual. The book starts with scalar values and works up to vectors and matrices very gradually. This approach is good for beginning programmers, because it is hard to understand composite objects until you understand basic programming semantics. But there are problems:
(9 reviews)
The Little Book of Semaphores
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Downey
Publisher: Green Tea Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
The Little Book of Semaphores is a free (in both senses of the word) textbook that introduces the principles of synchronization for concurrent programming.
(3 reviews)
Basics of Fluid Mechanics - ver. 0.6.9.a
Copyright Year: 2014
Contributor: Bar-Meir
Publisher: Potto Project
License: Free Documentation License (GNU)
The topic of fluid mechanics is common to several disciplines: mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and civil engineering. In fact, it is also related to disciplines like industrial engineering, and electrical engineering. While the emphasis is somewhat different in this book, the common material is presented and hopefully can be used by all. One can only admire the wonderful advances done by the previous geniuses who work in this field. In this book it is hoped to insert, what and when a certain model is suitable than other models.
(8 reviews)
Fundamentals of Compressible Flow Mechanics
Copyright Year: 2004
Contributor: Bar-Meir
Publisher: Potto Project
License: Free Documentation License (GNU)
This book deals with an introduction to the flow of compressible substances (gases). The main difference between compressible flow and almost incompressible flow is not the fact that compressibility has to be considered. Rather, the difference is in two phenomena that do not exist in incompressible flow. The first phenomenon is the very sharp discontinuity (jump) in the flow in properties. The second phenomenon is the choking of the flow. Choking is when downstream variations don't effect the flow. Though choking occurs in certain pipe flows in astronomy, there also are situations of choking in general (external) flow.
(2 reviews)
Vector Calculus
Copyright Year: 2013
Contributor: Corral
Publisher: Michael Corral
License: Free Documentation License (GNU)
This is a text on elementary multivariable calculus, designed for students who have completed courses in single-variable calculus. The traditional topics are covered: basic vector algebra; lines, planes and surfaces; vector-valued functions; functions of 2 or 3 variables; partial derivatives; optimization; multiple integrals; line and surface integrals.
(1 review)
Calculus for the Life Sciences: A Modeling Approach Volume 1
Copyright Year: 2011
Contributors: Cornette and Ackerman
Publisher: A.T. Still University
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Our writing is based on three premises. First, life sciences students are motivated by and respond well to actual data related to real life sciences problems. Second, the ultimate goal of calculus in the life sciences primarily involves modeling living systems with difference and differential equations. Understanding the concepts of derivative and integral are crucial, but the ability to compute a large array of derivatives and integrals is of secondary importance. Third, the depth of calculus for life sciences students should be comparable to that of the traditional physics and engineering calculus course; else life sciences students will be short changed and their faculty will advise them to take the 'best' (engineering) course.
(1 review)
OpenIntro Statistics - Fourth Edition
Copyright Year: 2015
Contributors: Diez, Barr, and Cetinkaya-Rundel
Publisher: OpenIntro
License: CC BY-SA
OpenIntro Statistics covers a first course in statistics, providing a rigorous introduction to applied
(20 reviews)