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It would be nice to have this thread as a "collection" place for different open textbooks. I personally use OpenStacks, they're quite good. https://openstax.org

It would be nice to have this thread as a "collection" place for different open textbooks. I personally use OpenStacks, they're quite good. https://openstax.org/ https://openstax.org/

myself248 5y ago
This is my favorite text on electronics, open or otherwise: https://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/ https://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/ The explanation of impedance (volume II, chapter 14) was the first one that made intuitive sense to me, after struggling with the concept for years. The whole thing is beautiful, but that chapter especially.
ravenstine 5y ago
The thing that disappoints me about Openstax is that, while they're free/libre, they don't seem to be open source anymore. They used to provide access to the raw XML (CNXML) used to generate the books, but I can't find that anywhere. It would be nice if there was something like OpenStax, maybe even a fork of it, that could be held in a Git repo and anyone could make pull requests.
- empyrical 5y ago
  It looks like they're transitioning/have transitioned to editing the books with Google Docs: https://openstax.org/blog/saying-goodbye-cnx https://openstax.org/blog/saying-goodbye-cnx
miki123211 5y ago
Openstax is the best source of extremely high-quality alt descriptions I've ever found. If you need inspiration for good alt descriptions of STEM / computer science / software engineering related images, just look at how Openstax does it. I'm a screen reader user myself and I'm very impressed.
j-james 5y ago
I highly recommend Interactive Linear Algebra for learning undergrad-level linear algebra mostly in the R^N. It has a PDF version available, but the real magic is in the interactive embedded 2D and 3D visualizations. There's a couple of variations available - it was written by some professors at Georgia Tech, one of which moved to Duke and teaches off of it there - but the UBC version is my favorite, as it makes some changes in the lesson order to teach vectors before matrices. https://www.math.ubc.ca/~tbjw/ila https://www.math.ubc.ca/~tbjw/ila

It would be nice to have this thread as a "collection" place for different open textbooks. I personally use OpenStacks, they're quite good. https://openstax.org/ https://openstax.org/

myself248 5y ago

This is my favorite text on electronics, open or otherwise: https://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/ https://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/ The explanation of impedance (volume II, chapter 14) was the first one that made intuitive sense to me, after struggling with the concept for years. The whole thing is beautiful, but that chapter especially.

ravenstine 5y ago

The thing that disappoints me about Openstax is that, while they're free/libre, they don't seem to be open source anymore. They used to provide access to the raw XML (CNXML) used to generate the books, but I can't find that anywhere. It would be nice if there was something like OpenStax, maybe even a fork of it, that could be held in a Git repo and anyone could make pull requests.

empyrical 5y ago
It looks like they're transitioning/have transitioned to editing the books with Google Docs: https://openstax.org/blog/saying-goodbye-cnx https://openstax.org/blog/saying-goodbye-cnx

miki123211 5y ago

Openstax is the best source of extremely high-quality alt descriptions I've ever found. If you need inspiration for good alt descriptions of STEM / computer science / software engineering related images, just look at how Openstax does it. I'm a screen reader user myself and I'm very impressed.

j-james 5y ago

I highly recommend Interactive Linear Algebra for learning undergrad-level linear algebra mostly in the R^N. It has a PDF version available, but the real magic is in the interactive embedded 2D and 3D visualizations. There's a couple of variations available - it was written by some professors at Georgia Tech, one of which moved to Duke and teaches off of it there - but the UBC version is my favorite, as it makes some changes in the lesson order to teach vectors before matrices. https://www.math.ubc.ca/~tbjw/ila https://www.math.ubc.ca/~tbjw/ila