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Free Kindle Math Books

44 points by acangiano 16y ago

shawndumas 16y ago
Earth/Life Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology too...[1] ---- [1]: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=CK-12&x=0&y=0 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddi...
richtaur 16y ago
Tip: on your Kindle search the store for "ck-12" to bring them all up at once.
- jparise 16y ago
  The same thing works in the Apple iBooks store ("CK-12 Foundation").
phuff 16y ago
I've been reading the 21st Century Physics one. It's a very readable explanation of some of the things I never got to in College. I think it's great that more and more educators are doing things like this and releasing them for all to read. Creative Commons ftw.
abecedarius 16y ago
The same in epub format: http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/books/epub/ http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/books/epub/
ajays 16y ago
From the comments: "Not available outside of the US…" Is this true? Why would this be?
- acangiano 16y ago
  I'm in Canada, but visiting the page through a paid US proxy I see them as available.
  - zootm 16y ago
    In the UK (on amazon.co.uk) the items are available but 75p each: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=ck-12&x=0&y=0 http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3D...
- lucasjung 16y ago
  Most (all?) of the free books are not available outside of the US because Amazon has different wireless deals elsewhere, with different cost structures. In some (most?) places, Amazon would take a loss on the wireless costs for free books, so they replace them with alternate versions which are minimally priced to cover the wireless costs.
- rodh257 16y ago
  A tip for kindle owners (or future kindle owners), make an account on amazon using an american address (just don't buy physical things obivously), then buy gift cards and redeem them on that account. You'll then be considered american.
- f001 16y ago
  I'm in Canada accessing it using my regular IP address, and I managed to get the Advanced Probability and Statistics book transferred to my 3g kindle without a hitch.
Mithrandir 16y ago
Calculus and Algebra have bad reviews. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA2Y0/antoniocangia-20/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA2Y0/antoniocan... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA344/antoniocangia-20/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA344/antoniocan...
- kmfrk 16y ago
  Good thing we have http://khanacademy.org http://khanacademy.org.
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benkant 16y ago
My problem is not a dearth of maths books, it's a dearth in effort of reading the ones I have.
gcb 16y ago
Kindle for non-.txt files is pure scam. I can't read most pdf files I tried. Want proof? Download the very 1st book recommended on the article. Look at the very first formula on a non dx kindle.you can't read it. Not even in landscape. Not even with zoom. Now get apdf with two columns. Like the car manual I bought. you have to zoom to read. But you can't make one column fit in the screen. It's not lack of space. Theres lots of white space, but the pan will skip just more so that you can only ever read half of each column at a time. Just patetic... Btw that's how adobe treader for nokia symbian works. You get the idea.

44 points by acangiano 16y ago

Earth/Life Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology too...[1] ---- [1]: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=CK-12&x=0&y=0 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddi...

richtaur 16y ago

Tip: on your Kindle search the store for "ck-12" to bring them all up at once.

jparise 16y ago
The same thing works in the Apple iBooks store ("CK-12 Foundation").

phuff 16y ago

I've been reading the 21st Century Physics one. It's a very readable explanation of some of the things I never got to in College. I think it's great that more and more educators are doing things like this and releasing them for all to read. Creative Commons ftw.

abecedarius 16y ago

The same in epub format: http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/books/epub/ http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/books/epub/

ajays 16y ago

From the comments: "Not available outside of the US…" Is this true? Why would this be?

acangiano 16y ago
I'm in Canada, but visiting the page through a paid US proxy I see them as available.
- zootm 16y ago
  In the UK (on amazon.co.uk) the items are available but 75p each: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=ck-12&x=0&y=0 http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3D...
lucasjung 16y ago
Most (all?) of the free books are not available outside of the US because Amazon has different wireless deals elsewhere, with different cost structures. In some (most?) places, Amazon would take a loss on the wireless costs for free books, so they replace them with alternate versions which are minimally priced to cover the wireless costs.
rodh257 16y ago
A tip for kindle owners (or future kindle owners), make an account on amazon using an american address (just don't buy physical things obivously), then buy gift cards and redeem them on that account. You'll then be considered american.
f001 16y ago
I'm in Canada accessing it using my regular IP address, and I managed to get the Advanced Probability and Statistics book transferred to my 3g kindle without a hitch.

Mithrandir 16y ago

Calculus and Algebra have bad reviews. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA2Y0/antoniocangia-20/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA2Y0/antoniocan... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA344/antoniocangia-20/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0042XA344/antoniocan...

kmfrk 16y ago
Good thing we have http://khanacademy.org http://khanacademy.org.

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benkant 16y ago

My problem is not a dearth of maths books, it's a dearth in effort of reading the ones I have.

gcb 16y ago

Kindle for non-.txt files is pure scam. I can't read most pdf files I tried. Want proof? Download the very 1st book recommended on the article. Look at the very first formula on a non dx kindle.you can't read it. Not even in landscape. Not even with zoom. Now get apdf with two columns. Like the car manual I bought. you have to zoom to read. But you can't make one column fit in the screen. It's not lack of space. Theres lots of white space, but the pan will skip just more so that you can only ever read half of each column at a time. Just patetic... Btw that's how adobe treader for nokia symbian works. You get the idea.