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CHEM 130: General Chemistry I
Dr. Lisa Sharpe Elles · University of Kansas
This course seeks to develop a working knowledge of the conceptual foundation and the quantitative chemical relationships on which subsequent chemistry courses are built. Atomic structure, chemical bonding, reaction stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and periodic trends are emphasized in this integrated lecture and laboratory course.
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Illustration: An Introductory Course
Jessica Boehman · LaGuardia Community College
This book serves as a general introduction to illustration for the college-level student. In this book, students will learn the basics of putting together illustrations for various purposes, will learn about professional aspects of the field, and will consider assignments in botanical, poster, middle grade narrative, comic and picture book illustration, and illustration for self promotion.
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Introduction to Climate Science
Andreas Schmittner · Oregon State University
This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized.
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Math 372: College Algebra for Calculus (2e)
Roy Simpson · Cosumnes River College
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4.1: Bierce, Ambrose "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890)
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
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Addictions Counseling Essentials
Andrea Polites, Bruce Sewick, Jason Florin, and Julie Trytek · College of DuPage
This book is a collaboration between a group of educators with extensive experience in the addictions field. We aim to provide a meaningful resource for those who are training to become certified professionals in the field of addictions counseling and recovery.
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Precalculus
Thomas Tradler and Holly Carley · CUNY New York City College of Technology
These are notes for a course in precalculus, as it is taught at New York City College of Technology - CUNY. Our approach is calculator based. For this, we will use the currently standard TI-84 calculator, and many of the examples will be explained and solved with it. However, we want to point out that there are also many other calculators that are suitable for the purpose of this course and many of these alternatives have similar functionalities as the calculator that we have chosen to use.
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Developmental Math (NROC)
The NROC Project · LibreTexts
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Time Dependent Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
Andrei Tokmakoff · University of Chicago
These notes are meant as a resource for chemists that study the time-dependent quantum mechanics, dynamics, and spectroscopy of molecular systems.
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ENG 232: World Literature II
Sherry “Taz” Rosenthal · LibreTexts
This textbook of world literature covers the time period from 1651 to the mid-twentieth century. In the “Editor's Introductions” that precede each reading, you will find information to guide and enhance your understanding of the reading selections themselves. The introductions are based on close analysis of each of the readings presented here, and intensive scrutiny of their social and historical contexts. Readings themselves are all from openly licensed and/or Public Domain sources.
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Chem 4320/5320: Biochemistry 1
University of Arkansas Little Rock
We are now in an age of exceptional opportunities for the application of our great understanding of Biochemistry to problems in medicine, dentistry, agriculture, forensics, anthropology, environmental science, nutrition, physiology, genetics, and immunology; practically all of the primary specialties on the life sciences.
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88 Open Essays - A Reader for Students of Composition & Rhetoric
Sarah Wangler & Tina Ulrich · Northwestern Michigan College
This book is a free and open resource to composition instructors and students, full of essays that could supplement OER rhetoric and writing texts that lacked readings. All of the essays in this reader are versatile rhetorically and thematically. It is arranged alphabetically by author name. Each essay has a series of hashtags that apply to the essay in some way. You can search for essays thematically that relate to topics like education, the environment, politics, or health.
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Introduction to Geology
Nancy Ikeda · Fullerton College
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PSY 100 Biddle
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This text addresses the basic principles of human behavior, motivation, learning, perception, emotion, etc., as they relate to the individual.
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AUCHE 112 - General Chemistry II
University of Alberta Augustina
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Math C185: Calculus II (Tran)
Chau D. Tran · Coastline College
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Physical Geography
K. Allison Lenkeit-Meezan · Foothill College
Physical geography is the study of the earth's dynamic systems: its air, water, weather climate, landforms, rocks, soils, plants, ecosystems and biomes and how humans interact with the earth's systems. Physical geography is the study of the world around you. Everyone, every day, interacts with the earth's dynamic systems.
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Math 110 - Introduction to Statistics - Module
Los Medanos College
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C++ Programming I (McClanahan)
Patrick McClanahan · San Joaquin Delta College
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1.2: Why Read and Write About Literature?
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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