free downloadable science books

[smallphi]

http://freescience.info/index.php

some of the books are really good

[Fizix]

Here are a few more for math, science, and CS:

http://www.pspxworld.com/book/mathematics/
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~jmg336/html/mathematics.html
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Math/Publications/Online_Texts/
http://www.math.gatech.edu/~cain/textbooks/onlinebooks.html
http://us.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html
http://dmoz.org/Science/Math/Publications/Online_Texts/

[DxDT]

are these legal?

[jostpuur]

Usually redistribution seems to be prohibited, but they are meant to be downloaded, legally and for free, from where their authors want them to be downloaded.

[momentum_waves]

Nice links. Thanks very much.

[f3nr15]

http://freescience.info/index.php

some of the books are really good

Fantastic, just what I needed for upcoming exams.

[torstum]

You'll find lots of great, classic textbooks from this archive:

http://www.archive.org/details/texts

They seem to have their copyrights expired, due to the age of original publication, so I think they are all legal. Still very useful for most purposes.

[tochakyam]

The books are great. Thanks for sharing those wonderful links.

[captain]

i was wondering if "Quantum Theory" by David Bohm covers everything in quantum mechanics

[malawi_glenn]

i was wondering if "Quantum Theory" by David Bohm covers everything in quantum mechanics

I do not think that any book covers everything in QM, unless it has like 5000 pages hehe.

But if you mean a source that covers the "basics" of QM, you can compare the Table of contents with a good intro-book like "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition) by David J. Griffiths"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0131118927/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-9588398-4054458#reader-link
[At least ch. 1-6 ; 8-9 and 11 should be covered in an first book in QM in my opinion]

Here is Quantum Theory by Bohm:
http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Theory-David-Bohm/dp/0486659690

Also check out the rewievs.

Good luck!

[dextercioby]

There are 2 old books (Messiah and Cohen-Tannoudji et al.) and one (very) new one (Manoukian) which are very thick and full of information. But no, even all 3 of them together don't add up to 5000 pages...:D

[captain]

Is "Quantum Field Theory" by Ryder a good introductory book on qft?

[dextercioby]

I'd say it's an excellent book on QFT, but make sure you read Griffiths's particle phyiscs text b4.

[captain]

I'd say it's an excellent book on QFT, but make sure you read Griffiths's particle phyiscs text b4.

Is Griffith's book "An Intorduction to Quantum Mechanics" or is it called something else?

[malawi_glenn]

No its called "Introduction to elementary particles"

[mars242]

No its called "Introduction to elementary particles"

griffiths did write a few books... to clarify the last post i believe was saying that the book by griffiths about elementary particles should not be confused with his intro to QM book. he did write that also. hope that helps.

[Lornek]

http://freescience.info/index.php

some of the books are really good

Link to load the actual page for the chapters in the books are not loading.

[Moonbear]

When posting links in this thread, please ensure that only LEGALLY available downloads are included on the site. If a site doesn't have an explicit statement regarding copyright policy on the books offered (i.e., permission from the publisher to read but not redistribute, or only offering books that are old enough to be out of copyright, or have been made available with permission from the publisher/author), we're going to take the cautious approach of deleting the link.

[hamamo]

nice topic
also i recommended this
www.motionmountain.net
download a very nice text(pdf format) in physics and math with history