This innovative textbook makes the tools and applications of game theory and strategic reasoning both fascinating and easy to understand. At the heart of the book is a diverse collection of strategic scenarios, not only from business and politics, but from history, fiction, sports, and everyday life as well.

Life is engaging, active, and focused on skills

The new 12th edition of Life: The Science of Biology continues to be engaging, active, and focused on teaching the skills that students need to master the introductory biology course.

New pedagogical features work in conjunction with powerful updates to the online suite of materials in LaunchPad to support the mission of Life by teaching students the skills and understanding of experimentation and data they need to succeed in introductory biolog...

Unlike most probability textbooks, which are only truly accessible to mathematically-oriented students, Ward and Gundlach’s Introduction to Probability reaches out to a much wider introductory-level audience. Its conversational style, highly visual approach, practical examples, and step-by-step problem solving procedures help all kinds of students understand the basics of probability theory and its broad applications. The book was extensively class-tested through its preliminary edition, ...

Fourier analysis is a ubiquitous tool that has found application to diverse areas of physics and engineering. Goodman focuses on applications in optics, and in particular with applications to diffraction, imaging, optical information processing, holography, and optical communications.

Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics satisfies the needs of several different types of Physics and Engineering courses. Directed towards both physicists and engineers this text is suitable for audiences focus...

Written and illustrated with unsurpassed clarity, Molecular Biology: Principles and Practice introduces fundamental concepts while exposing students to how science is done. The authors convey the sense of joy and excitement that comes from scientific discovery, highlighting the work of researchers who have shaped—and who continue to shape—the field today. The second edition addresses recent discoveries and advances, corresponding to our ever-changing understanding of molecular biology. Th...

Real-world examples, fascinating applications, and clear explanations, help students to understand the basics of learning and memory research.

With real-world examples, fascinating applications, and clear explanations, this breakthrough text helps uninitiated students understand the basic ideas and human impact of groundbreaking learning and memory research. The text features a unified approach to behavioral studies and the biological mechanisms common to all species with integrated coverage ...

The microeconomics text that moves students from understanding the basics of real economic principles to applying the powerful tools of economics analysis. You can't really learn theory until you try to apply it. Like no other text for the intermediate microeconomics course, Goolsbee, Levitt, and Syverson's Microeconomics bridges the gap between today's theory and practice.

A strong empirical dimension tests theory and successfully applies it. With carefully crafted features and vivid example...

Dragons, wyverns and serpents inspire awe and wonder on every page of this riveting collection of myths and legends.

This new edition made the textbook the first discrete mathematics textbook to be revised in order to meet the proposed new ACM/IEEE standards of the course. It features new material, including new sections on probability, coding theory, matrices and order of magnitude.