With over 22,000 entries, Henderson’s Dictionary of Biology is the most comprehensive on the market. It continues to be an essential reference for students, teachers and researchers within any of the biological sciences.

For courses in Optics A Contemporary Approach to Optics with Practical Applications and New Focused PedagogyHecht Optics balances theory and instrumentation and provides students with the necessary classical background through a lively and clear narrative. Optics, Fifth Edition is distinguished by three core imperatives: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the Optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory...

Primary source for learning pharmaceutical analytical chemistry, fully updated and revised to reflect current practice and Pharmacopoeia standards Introduction to Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry enables students to gain fundamental knowledge of the vital concepts, techniques, and applications of the chemical analysis of pharmaceutical substances, final pharmaceutical products, and drug substances in biological fluids. Extensively revised throughout to reflect the current European Pharmaco...

Advances in data collection and data storage techniques have enabled marketing researchers to study the individual characteristics of a large range of transactions and purchases, in particular the effects of household-specific characteristics. This 2001 book presents important and practically relevant quantitative models for marketing research. Each model is presented in detail with a self-contained discussion, which includes: a demonstration of the mechanics of the model, empirical analysis,...

he Complete, Unified, Up-to-Date Guide to Transport and Separation. Fully Updated for Today's Methods and Software Tools Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 5th Edition, offers a unified and up-to-date treatment of momentum, heat, and mass transfer and separations processes. This edition—reorganized and modularized for better readability and to align with modern chemical engineering curricula—covers both fundamental principles and practical applications, and is a key re...

A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale.

For courses in Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences . Statistical methods applied to social sciences, made accessible to all through an emphasis on concepts Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences introduces statistical methods to students majoring in social science disciplines. With an emphasis on concepts and applications, this book assumes you have no previous knowledge of statistics and only a minimal mathematical background.

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The statistical methodology covered includes statistical standard distributions, one- and two-sample tests with continuous data, regression analysis, one-and two-way analysis of variance, regression analysis, analysis of tabular data, and sample size calculations.