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National Academies Release Over 4,000 Free Science Books

Posted by Soulskill on from the price-is-right dept.

Shipud writes "The National Academies Press are offering all their books for free in PDF format. These are all the publications of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. Lots of great stuff there, and now for free."

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  1. Re:Are any of these actually useful? by CaptainPatent · · Score: 4, Funny

    ohhh, poor baby. So they don't have "The Idiots Guide to Mathematics" for you?

    Looks like the idiot's guide to not being a douche wasn't available either. :-\

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    Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
  2. Re:Are any of these actually useful? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like the idiot's guide to not being a douche wasn't available either. :-\

    Nor was the idiot's guide to being original.

    Nor was the idiot's guide to being original.