O'Sullivan and Unwin (2002)

Abstract: 

From the jacket: "...clear, up-to-date coverage of the foundations of spatial analysis in a GIS environment. Focusing on the universal aspects of spatial data and their analysis, this book covers the scientific assumptions and limitations of methods avalable in many GISs"
From the preface: "The materials we have included have evolved over a long period of time and have been tried and tested in senior undergraduate and postgraduate courses that we have taught..."

Full citation: 

O'Sullivan, D. and D. J. Unwin (2002). Geographic Information Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Title: 
Geographic Information Analysis
Author(s): 
David O'Sullivan and David J. Unwin