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Persuasive Communication
Talita Pruett · Bakersfield College
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Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 311)
Deon Miles · Sewanee, the University of the South
This text is for the Instrumental Analysis course (CHEM 311) at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. The major topics in the course include: spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, chromatography, electrochemistry, and surface analysis.
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Essential Graduate Physics - Quantum Mechanics
onstantin K. Likharev · Stony Brook University
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CHEM 1000: General Chemistry
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Lecture: Protein, amino acids, enzymes, and kinetics (Biot274 IVC)
Victor Phan · Irvine Valley College
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Chem 3212
Geoffrey Smith · University of Georgia
The second semester of a two-semester sequence covering basic concepts and techniques of physical chemistry. The level of coverage is designed for chemistry majors.
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Introduction to Solid State Chemistry
Donald Sadoway · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introduction to Solid State Chemistry is a one-semester college course on the principles of chemistry. You’ll begin with an exploration of the fundamental relationship between electronic structure, chemical bonding, and atomic order, then proceed to the chemical properties of “aggregates of molecules,” including crystals, metals, glasses, semiconductors, solutions and acid-base equilibria, polymers, and biomaterials.
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Surface Science
Roger Nix · Queen Mary, University of London
Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum interfaces, and liquid–gas interfaces.
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A First Course in Linear Algebra
Ken Kuttler · Brigham Young University
The text is designed in a modular fashion to maximize flexibility and facilitate adaptation to a given course outline and student profile. All major topics of linear algebra are available in detail, as well as proofs of important theorems. In addition, connections to topics covered in advanced courses are introduced.
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Botany Lab Manual
Maria Morrow · College of the Redwoods
As a course, botany is the study of plants and many other groups in the tree of life. With regard to organisms, this course begins with the Cyanobacteria, winds through several groups of unrelated organisms that were all once categorized as fungi, picks apart pieces of the "protista," and finally emerges into Kingdom Plantae.
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Lab Manual: Analytical Chemistry at Duke
Kathryn Haas · Duke University
Lab manual for Analytical Chemistry Lab (CHEM401L) at Duke University.
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Calculus 1
Lana Anishchenko · American River College
This is the first course in the calculus sequence for American River College.
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Introductory Statistics STA 2023
Cheban Acharya · Florida Southwestern State College
The Introductory Statistics course/textbook used for STA 2023 at Florida SouthWestern State College, the topics generally follow the standard introductory-statistics sequence. FSW’s STA 2023 is an introductory statistics course, and published course materials emphasize probability, distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and regression/correlation.
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Teaching AI Ethics
Leon Furze · LibreTexts
And yet, as much as I enjoy working with the technology, it has many flaws. I think it’s our responsibility to discuss the ethical considerations of AI with our students. AI ethics goes beyond the well-documented “algorithmic bias” that results in language models like ChatGPT producing racist and sexist output. In this article, I will explore nine ethical considerations ranging from “beginner” to “intermediate” and “advanced” levels.
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Math 125: Hope College
Katharine Vance · Hope College
This course covers the material typically taught in the first half of a Calculus I course. The calculus material is supplemented by reviewing topics of high school mathematics as needed. The calculus topics are also taught at a slower pace. Topics include function review, limits and continuity, the concept (and definition) of a derivative, and differentiation rules (product rule, quotient rule, chain rule are included).
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Oregon Institute of Technology: CHE 202 General Chemistry II
Addie Clark · Oregon Institute of Technology
Electronic structure of atoms, periodic trends, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, intermolecular forces, phase transitions, and properties of solutions. Emphasis on engineering applications.
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British Columbia in a Global Context
Geography Open Textbook Collective · LibreTexts
This first-year geography textbook takes a holistic approach to geography by incorporating elements of physical, human, and regional geography, as well as bringing in methods and perspectives from spatial information science. This textbook applies a fundamental geographical approach to understanding our globally changing world by looking at local processes, which are linked to larger global processes and events.
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Visual Statistics Use R!
Alexey Shipunov · Minot State University
The ignorance of the statistical methods can lead to mistakes and misinterpretations. Unfortunately, understanding of these methods is far from common. Many college majors require a course in probability theory and mathematical statistics, but all many of us remember from these courses is horror and/or frustration at complex mathematical formulas filled with Greek letters, some of them wearing hats.
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Precalculus
Jay Abramson · OpenStax
This precalculus textmap is intended for college-level Precalculus students and is a comprehensive book that covers more ground than an instructor could likely cover in a typical one- or two-semester course; but instructors should find, almost without fail, that the topics they wish to include in their syllabus are covered in the text.
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Our World Ocean: Understanding the Most Important Ecosystem on Earth
W. Sean Chamberlin, Nicki Shaw, and Martha Rich · Fullerton College
This book offers an alternative to the traditional, dry-as-bones, hohum approach of the standard textbook. Sure, it covers all the topics you’ll find in a traditional oceanography textbook. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We go broader and deeper. We write the way people talk— conversationally. We encourage folks to interact with the text, to click through to full-size images, to view video and hear audio, and to quickly access the reference materials.