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textbook

[tekst-book] / ˈtɛkstˌbʊk /


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Gray, 82, is known for being the author of “Psychology,” a seminal college textbook first published in 1991, now in its eighth edition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The brain's microscopic wiring may need a different kind of textbook illustration.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Modern computational methods now allow researchers to examine molecular structures and electron distributions in ways that were not possible when many textbook explanations were first developed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Apple’s CEO succession plan is a textbook case of standard corporate protocol, according to organizational experts.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The illustration accompanying the late-thirteenth-century Theodoric of Freiberg’s study of the rainbow when it appeared in print in Trutfetter’s textbook of 1514.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Throughout the 1960s through to the 1980s, the “doomsday” equation became regularly cited — usually at face value — in textbooks on genetics, ecology and demography.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Students who prefer physical textbooks should absolutely retain the option to purchase them, but students who cannot afford a printed book should have another way to access the materials they need to succeed,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Viktoria Haidai surveys the mangled remains of the printing press, which should have been busy churning out textbooks ready for the new school year.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Barton and his son Tim supplied evidence from Barton’s archive showing the Ten Commandments in early textbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The school gave me the textbooks I need, but Mom and I had to go out to get pencils, pens, binders, and paper ourselves.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy


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