Books

Open Access Textbooks and Tools
Open Math Notes
  • Openstax
  • Open Textbook Library (University of Minnesota)
  • Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Project at Rutgers
  • Ocean Acoustics Library - OALIB

  • Online Technical books
  • Handbook of Mathematical Functions Abramowitz and Stegun 1974 pdf , searchable pdf
  • NIST Digital Library Mathematical Functions
  • The Feynman lectures on physics
  • Solid Mechanics Allan Bower
  • MIT OCW Solid Mechanics
  • Mechanics of Materials Madhukar Vable, see also here for more materials
  • Introduction to Finite Element Methods Carlos Felippa
  • Numerical Recipes Press et al., pdf
  • Elasticity J.R. Barber
  • Theory of Elasticity Landau and Lifshitz
  • A treatise on the mathematical theory of elasticity Augustus E. H. Love

  • Download: Continuum Mechanics
  • Samizdat Press Books on continuum mechanics and geophysics
  • Charles University Geophysics Brokesova-AsymptoticRayMethod, Martinec-ContinuumMechanics and others
  • Mechanics of Incremental Deformation M.A. Biot
  • PoroElasticity Arnold Verruijt
  • Continuum Mechanics and other books by Ray M. Bowen
  • partial list of Elasticity and Continuum Mechanics texts at Rutgers

  • Download: Other Technical
  • Wave Motions in the Ocean Chapman and Malanotte-Rizzoli 1989
  • Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas Sophocles J. Orfanidis
  • Introduction to Signal Processing Sophocles J. Orfanidis
  • Bioelectromagnetism Malmivuo and Plonsey
  • Sean Mauch's comprehensive applied math book
  • Christoph Schiller's interesting physics book
  • Computer books , some mathematics, free


  • Literature etc.
  • Gutenberg Project - a good source of online literature
  • Online Library of Literature - classics
  • Internet Archive: Texts, audio, Live music - interesting music archive