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3 Free Chemistry Textbooks

May 29, 2012
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3 Free Chemistry Textbooks

Elementary Applied Chemistry by Lewis Benajah Allyn - Ginn and Company , 1912 The object of the exercises in this book is to create and to foster a real love for and interest in the great science of chemistry, to give the pupil a broader outlook on life, and to cause him to feel that he is a factor in the busy, living world.   GRE Chemistry Test Practice Book Educational Testing Service , 2002 This book contains one...

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Totally Free Math Textbook

May 23, 2012
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Totally Free Math Textbook

Terry H. Wesner, the owner of Bernard J. Klein Publishing has sponsored a free website http://www.TotallyFreeMath.com (AKA GetMath), where anyone can download the 3rd edition Elementary Algebra textbook with two accompanying ancillaries for free. It’s basically a full elementary Algebra textbook including the problem sets, solutions, diagrams and all that good stuff. And having in mind that a typical mathematics textbook can cost up to 50 – 100 $, it’s remarkable that such great...

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General Astronomy on WikiBooks

May 9, 2012
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Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I just found out about this great thing called WikiBooks. It’s basically a collection of open-source textbooks that everyone can edit. So I just found some very useful astronomy stuff. It’s a collection of articles about astronomy, which are arranged as a open-source textbook. One thing that I really liked about the WikiBoks and this textbook is that it’s neatly organized, has a nice presentation and...

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Curvature in Mathematics and Physics

March 9, 2012
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Curvature in Mathematics and Physics

Today I would like to review something a little bit more serious. This is a book by Shlomo Zvi Sternebrg called “Curvature in Mathematics and Physics”. As you might have already guessed, it’s a textbook which mostly deals with semi-Riemannian geometry and its applications. It’s a very interesting yet complex field of mathematics, however I think Sternberg did a great job of explaining the mathematical concepts as simply as it is possible. Author: Shlomo Sternberg Paperback:...

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