Is MIT Offering a Free Heat Transfer Textbook?

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Start date May 9, 2004
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MIT is offering a free undergraduate textbook on Heat Transfer as part of an experiment to assess the effectiveness of providing educational resources online. The textbook can be downloaded from the MIT website at the provided link. This initiative is seen as a positive step towards democratizing education and making quality resources accessible to a wider audience. Students, particularly those studying mechanical engineering, are expressing enthusiasm about this opportunity. Overall, this move reflects a commitment to enhancing educational access.

May 9, 2004

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MIT is making available for download a genuine undergraduate textbook in Heat Transfer. This is an experiment to see how well this idea will work. http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html is the download.

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May 10, 2004

DarkAnt

wow, free textbook. thanks for the link

May 22, 2004

Alix

Thanks alot.
I'm actually studying "Heat Transfer" right now in my mechnical engineering course.

Jun 22, 2004

salamander

Yah! Great! Education to the masses! This is democracy at its best.

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