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Climate Toolkit - A Resource Manual for Science and Action
Frank Granshaw · Portland State University
The Climate Toolkit is a resource manual designed to help the reader navigate the complex and perplexing issue of climate change by providing tools and strategies to explore the underlying science. As such it contains a collection of activities that make use of readily available on-line resources developed by research groups and public agencies. These include web-based climate models, climate data archives, interactive atlases, policy papers, and “solution” catalogs.
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Introductory Statistics
Hannah Seidler-Wright · Chaffey College
This introductory statistics text is intended for students in a wide variety of areas of study. Topics discussed include displaying and describing data, the normal distribution, linear regression, probability, statistical inference, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests with applications in the real world.
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Lies, Damned Lies, or Statistics - How to Tell the Truth with Statistics
Jonathan A. Poritz · Colorado State University – Pueblo
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ED 201: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education
Melanie A. Leave · North Central Michigan College
Prepared students to examine the impact of diversity on education including its historical foundations, the impact on students, the effective practices for diverse learners and the creation of equitable and inclusive classrooms. The course covers historical and sociological perspectives of US education, its changing purposes and expansion to diverse populations and the relationship between schools and society.
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Byte of Python
Swaroop C H · LibreTexts
"A Byte of Python" is a free book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience. If all you know about computers is how to save text files, then this is the book for you.
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Inorganic Chemistry
LibreTexts (Textmap of Housecroft's text) · LibreTexts
Inorganic chemistry deals with the synthesis and behavior ofinorganic and organometallic compounds. This field covers all chemical compounds except the myriad organic compounds (carbon based compounds, usually containing C-H bonds), which are the subjects of organic chemistry.
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GEL 116: Oceanography
Tessa Hill · University of California, Davis
Oceanography is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean and covers a wide range of topics, including marine organisms and ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries.
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Athabasca University Chemistry 350 Organic Chemistry I
Dietmar Kennepohl · Athabasca University
CHEM 350 deals with the chemistry of carbon compounds through a study of the characteristic reactions of the common functional groups. Particular emphasis is placed on the study of reaction mechanisms in an attempt to show similarities between apparently unrelated reactions. The importance of stereochemistry is stressed throughout the course. The course also includes an introduction to the use of spectroscopy in the analysis of organic compounds.
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15.6: Student Practice - Module 15
Regina Pierce-Brown · Victor Valley College
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Algebra in Cuneiform
Jens Høyrup · Roskilde University
An introduction to so-called “Babylonian algebra” that explains its geometrical foundation.
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CHE 310: Inorganic Chemistry
Hernan Biava · Brevard College
The course offers a detailed description of atomic structure, acid-base theories, basic concepts of symmetry, group theory, and their application in chemical bonding, reactivity, and spectroscopy of inorganic compounds. Selected topics in main group chemistry and nuclear chemistry will also be included.
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Foundations of Introductory Chemistry-1
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Microbiology
Gary Kaiser · Community College of Baltimore County (Cantonsville)
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell (unicellular), cell clusters or no cell at all (acellular). This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes. Viruses and prions, though not strictly classed as living organisms, are also studied.
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Organic Chemistry
Morsch et al. · LibreTexts
Organic chemistry studies the structure, properties and reactions of organic compounds, which contain carbon in covalent bonding. Study of structure determines their structural formula. Study of properties includes physical and chemical properties, and evaluation of chemical reactivity to understand their behavior. The study of organic reactions includes the chemical synthesis of natural products, drugs, and polymers, and study of individual organic molecules in the laboratory and theoretically.
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Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals
Brent Burbridge and Evan Mah · University of Saskatchewan
Diagnostic Imaging principles and concepts are augmented by the presentation of images for common clinical conditions. Guiding principles related to minimizing radiation exposure and requesting the most appropriate imaging examination are addressed.
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Spreadsheet software for engineering: an applied guide
Julio Terán & Phillip Chvosta · North Carolina State University
Spreadsheet Software for Engineering: An Applied Guide is a free, online textbook designed to provide engineering students with comprehensive, practical knowledge of spreadsheet applications in engineering contexts. The textbook was designed from the ground up to be interactive and engaging for the modern 21st century learner.
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CHEM 1030 - General Chemistry II
Budhi · Eastern Wyoming College
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Chem 1201
LibreTexts
This course builds on basic concepts learned in high school chemistry courses. Topics include basic quantum mechanics, the periodic table, symbolic representations of chemical concepts, atomic and molecular structure, various theories of chemical bonding, intermolecular forces and phase diagrams, and the major classes of organic compounds.
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Cultural Anthropology
Wikibook · LibreTexts
Anthropology is the holistic and scientific study of humanity. Cultural Anthropology focuses on contemporary human cultures, their beliefs, myths, values, practices, technologies, economies and other domains of social and cognitive organization. The detailed descriptions of culture, or ethnography, are based upon a methodology of primary data collection through participant observation with living human populations.
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The History of Our Tribe - Hominini
Barbara Welker · SUNY Geneseo
The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution.