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Media Studies 101

Media Studies 101 is the open educational resource for media studies studies in New Zealand/ Australia/ and Pacifica. We have constructed this text so it can be read in a number of ways. You may wish to follow the structured order of 'chapters' like you would in a traditional printed ...Read More
Message Processing: The Science of Creating Understanding

The text provides an upper-level undergraduate introduction and explanation of the social and cognitive processes involved in human communication/ focusing on how people create understanding.
Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint addresses in a novel format the major topics and themes of contemporary metaethics/ the study of the analysis of moral thought and judgement. Metathetics is less concerned with what practices are right or wrong than with what we mean by ‘right’ and ‘wrong.’ Looking ...Read More
Microbiology

Microbiology covers the scope and sequence requirements for a single-semester microbiology course for non-majors. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of the text make the material interesting and accessible while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter. Microbiology's art program enhances students' understanding of concepts through clear and effective illustrations/ diagrams/ and photographs.
Microbiology

In this textbook the focus will be on the bacteria and archaea (traditionally known as the “prokaryotes/”) and the viruses and other acellular agents.
Microbiology for Allied Health Students

Microbiology for Allied Health Students is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements for the single semester Microbiology course for non-majors and allied health students. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of Microbiology for ...Read More
Microeconomics: Markets/ Methods and Models

Microeconomics: Markets/ Methods and Models provides a concise/ yet complete/ coverage of introductory microeconomic theory/ application and policy in a Canadian and global environment. Our beginning is orthodox: we explain and develop the standard tools of analysis in the discipline. Economic policy is about the well-being of the economy's participants/ ...Read More
Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications

Russell Cooper and Andrew John have written an economics text aimed directly at students from its very inception. You're thinking/ ”Yeah/ sure. I've heard that before.“ This textbook/ Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications/ centers around student needs and expectations through two premises: … Students are motivated to study economics if they ...Read More
Microprocesadores Fundamentos y Aplicaciones

Este trabajo ha sido desarrollado gracias a la interacción como docente universitario en la enseñanza teórica y práctica de la materia de microprocesadores con diversos grupos de estudiantes por alrededor de 15 años. Es con sus exigencias/ cuestionamientos y colaboraciones con sus proyectos prácticos implementados en los cursos dictados/ que ...Read More
Microwave and RF Design: Amplifiers and Oscillators

Microwave and RF Design: Amplifiers and Oscillators presents the design of amplifiers and oscillators in a way that enables state-of-the-art designs to be realized. Detailed strategies and case studies are presented. Design of competitive microwave amplifiers and oscillators is particularly challenging as many trade-offs are required in design/ and the design decisions cannot be reduced to a formulaic flow. The emphasis is on developing design skills. This book is suitable as both an undergraduate and graduate textbook/ as well as a career-long reference book.
Microwave and RF Design: Modules

Microwave and RF Design: Modules focuses on the design of systems based on microwave modules. The use of modules has become increasingly important in RF and microwave engineering for rapidly realizing high performance microwave systems. When integration is ultimately to be used/ building a system up using modules provides a ...Read More
Microwave and RF Design: Networks

Microwave and RF Design: Networks presents the tools and techniques required to analyze and design microwave and RF circuits. Because of the finite speed of light/ microwave circuits must be considered to be spatially distributed and so there is not a single ground. As such metrics that can be used to describe power flow are of most use. The topics covered include scattering parameters/ signal flow graphs/ and Smith charts. Acquiring expertise in these is the biggest barriers to a successful career in microwave and RF engineering. This book is suitable as both an undergraduate and graduate textbook/ as well as a career-long reference book.
Microwave and RF Design: Radio Systems

Microwave and RF Design: Radio Systems is a circuits- and systems-oriented approach to modern microwave and RF systems. Sufficient details at the circuits and sub-system levels are provided to understand how modern radios are implemented. Design is emphasized throughout. The evolution of radio from what is now known as 0G/ ...Read More
Microwave and RF Design: Transmission Lines

Microwave and RF Design: Transmission Lines builds on the concepts of forward- and backward-traveling waves. Many examples are included of advanced techniques for analyzing and designing transmission line networks with microstrip lines primarily used in design examples. Coupled-lines are an important functional element in microwave circuits/ and circuit equivalents of ...Read More
Mind/ Body/ World: Foundations of Cognitive Science

Cognitive science arose in the 1950s when it became apparent that a number of disciplines/ including psychology/ computer science/ linguistics/ and philosophy/ were fragmenting. Perhaps owing to the field's immediate origins in cybernetics/ as well as to the foundational assumption that cognition is information processing/ cognitive science initially seemed more ...Read More
MIPS Assembly Language Programming using QtSpim

There are a number of excellent/ comprehensive/ and in-depth texts on MIPS assembly language programming. This is not one of them.The purpose of this text is to provide a simple and free reference for university level programming and architecture units that include a brief section covering MIPS assembly language programming. ...Read More
Modern Philosophy

This is a textbook in modern philosophy. It combines readings from primary sources with two pedagogical tools. Paragraphs in italics introduce figures and texts. Numbered study questions (also in italics) ask students to reconstruct an argument or position from the text/ or draw connections among the readings. And I have ...Read More
Money and Banking

The financial crisis of 2007-8 has already revolutionized institutions/ markets/ and regulation. Wright's Money and Banking V 2.0 captures those revolutionary changes and packages them in a way that engages undergraduates enrolled in Money and Banking and Financial Institutions and Markets courses. Minimal mathematics/ accessible language/ and a student-oriented tone ...Read More
Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema

Textbook for 1000- level Communication course: Introduction to Films Studies
Multivariable Calculus

This book covers the standard material for a one-semester course in multivariable calculus. The topics include curves/ differentiability and partial derivatives/ multiple integrals/ vector fields/ line and surface integrals/ and the theorems of Green/ Stokes/ and Gauss. Roughly speaking the book is organized into three main parts corresponding to the ...Read More
Music and the Child

Children are inherently musical. They respond to music and learn through music. Music expresses children's identity and heritage/ teaches them to belong to a culture/ and develops their cognitive well-being and inner self worth. As professional instructors/ childcare workers/ or students looking forward to a career working with children/ we ...Read More
Music Fundamentals 1: Pitch and Major Scales and Keys

This collection is the first of five dealing with the rudiments of music.
Music Fundamentals 2: Rhythm and Meter

This collection is the second of five dealing with the rudiments of music.
Music: Its Language/ History/ and Culture

Welcome to Music 1300/ Music: Its Language History/ and Culture. The course has a numberof interrelated objectives: 1. To introduce you to works representative of a variety of music traditions.These include the repertoires of Western Europe from the Middle Agesthrough the present; of the United States/ including art music/ jazz/ ...Read More
Music on the Move

Music is a mobile art. When people move to faraway places/ whether by choice or by force/ they bring their music along. Music creates a meaningful point of contact for individuals and for groups; it can encourage curiosity and foster understanding; and it can preserve a sense of identity and ...Read More
My Math GPS: Elementary Algebra Guided Problem Solving - 2016 Edition

My Math GPS: Elementary Algebra Guided Problem Solving is a textbook that aligns to the CUNY Elementary Algebra Learning Objectives that are tested on the CUNY Elementary Algebra Final Exam (CEAFE). This book contextualizes arithmetic skills into Elementary Algebra content using a problem-solving pedagogy. Classroom assessments and online homework are available from the authors.
Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology

Mythology Unbound
Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations

Informed by a writing philosophy that values both spontaneity and discipline/ Michelle Bonczek Evory's Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations offers practical advice and strategies for developing a writing process that is centered on play and supported by an understanding of America's rich literary traditions. With ...Read More