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Hopefully some talented soul will write a script to convert these HTML files into mobie, epub and PDF.

tim333 12y ago
pdf. Not sure how kosher the copyright is All 3 volumes: http://selfdefinition.org/science/25-greatest-science-books-of-all-time/20.%20Feynman%20et%20al.%20-%20The%20Feynman%20Lectures%20on%20Physics%20Volumes%201%20-%203%20(1963).pdf http://selfdefinition.org/science/25-greatest-science-books-...
- slacka 12y ago
  That's a terrible quality pdf. For $14.99 you can purchase the enhanced version here: http://www.basicfeynman.com/enhanced.html http://www.basicfeynman.com/enhanced.html It was very cool of the publishers to allow this, and they deserve our support. Otherwise, if you must download the basic version, go to the piratebay and search for "Feynman Lectures on Physics (epub,mobi,html) - FIXED"
  - kqr2 12y ago
    Please note that this is only a small subset of his lectures. They are the "Six Easy Pieces". SIX EASY PIECES, taken from these famous Lectures on Physics, includes the most approachable material from the series
  - tim333 12y ago
    The pdf is a fairly accurate copy of the print books which I own but which are heavy things to lug about.
e12e 12y ago
Lets hope that talented soul doesn't end up like Aaron Swartz.
ddandd 12y ago
https://github.com/fmap/flp.mobi https://github.com/fmap/flp.mobi This repository previously included a toolchain to build a collection of eBooks, in ePub and MOBI formats, from Caltech's online edition of the Feynman Lectures. Those scripts have since been removed, in response to the suggestion that their continued availability might lead to a permanent discontinuation of HTML access.
- crazysim 12y ago
  If anybody was wondering and looking at the forks, these scripts don't work anymore. They have converted the links to simple Javascript functions to link to chapters which stop these scripts from running now.
archgoon 12y ago
From the landing page: "However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose."
- jeffreyrogers 12y ago
  I don't know if you can actually take that right away however. I'm not aware of any precedent for this situation.
- nfoz 12y ago
  They don't know what the word "download" means. This statement is nonsense.
  - tzs 12y ago
    "Download", as used in practice on the internet when referring to documents generally means copying the whole thing to your computer such that it can be used there without further internet access. It generally does not include temporary transfer of small parts of the document for immediate reading, except when the focus of the discussion is about the underlying mechanics of the transfer.
    - nfoz 12y ago
      This supposed duality is nonsense. A change of cache settings in your browser amounts to the same result. There's no such thing as a "temporary transfer", and I think we should not entertain the notion.
      - AUmrysh 12y ago
        I don't see how it's any different from time-shifting with VHS. In this case, you're just using a longer-term "temporary" format (epub, mobi, pdf) which allows you to peruse the website later.
- allegory 12y ago
gordon_freeman 12y ago
a Kindle format would be amazing as I can take it anywhere with my Kindle and learn on the go.
dredmorbius 12y ago
pandoc will do pretty much exactly that. http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html
gluejar 12y ago
here's the story of that: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-dmca-takedown-of-feynman-lectures.html http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-dmca-takedown-...

pdf. Not sure how kosher the copyright is All 3 volumes: http://selfdefinition.org/science/25-greatest-science-books-of-all-time/20.%20Feynman%20et%20al.%20-%20The%20Feynman%20Lectures%20on%20Physics%20Volumes%201%20-%203%20(1963).pdf http://selfdefinition.org/science/25-greatest-science-books-...

slacka 12y ago
That's a terrible quality pdf. For $14.99 you can purchase the enhanced version here: http://www.basicfeynman.com/enhanced.html http://www.basicfeynman.com/enhanced.html It was very cool of the publishers to allow this, and they deserve our support. Otherwise, if you must download the basic version, go to the piratebay and search for "Feynman Lectures on Physics (epub,mobi,html) - FIXED"
- kqr2 12y ago
  Please note that this is only a small subset of his lectures. They are the "Six Easy Pieces". SIX EASY PIECES, taken from these famous Lectures on Physics, includes the most approachable material from the series
- tim333 12y ago
  The pdf is a fairly accurate copy of the print books which I own but which are heavy things to lug about.

e12e 12y ago

Lets hope that talented soul doesn't end up like Aaron Swartz.

ddandd 12y ago

https://github.com/fmap/flp.mobi https://github.com/fmap/flp.mobi This repository previously included a toolchain to build a collection of eBooks, in ePub and MOBI formats, from Caltech's online edition of the Feynman Lectures. Those scripts have since been removed, in response to the suggestion that their continued availability might lead to a permanent discontinuation of HTML access.

crazysim 12y ago
If anybody was wondering and looking at the forks, these scripts don't work anymore. They have converted the links to simple Javascript functions to link to chapters which stop these scripts from running now.

archgoon 12y ago

From the landing page: "However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose."

jeffreyrogers 12y ago
I don't know if you can actually take that right away however. I'm not aware of any precedent for this situation.
nfoz 12y ago
They don't know what the word "download" means. This statement is nonsense.
- tzs 12y ago
  "Download", as used in practice on the internet when referring to documents generally means copying the whole thing to your computer such that it can be used there without further internet access. It generally does not include temporary transfer of small parts of the document for immediate reading, except when the focus of the discussion is about the underlying mechanics of the transfer.
  - nfoz 12y ago
    This supposed duality is nonsense. A change of cache settings in your browser amounts to the same result. There's no such thing as a "temporary transfer", and I think we should not entertain the notion.
    - AUmrysh 12y ago
      I don't see how it's any different from time-shifting with VHS. In this case, you're just using a longer-term "temporary" format (epub, mobi, pdf) which allows you to peruse the website later.
allegory 12y ago

gordon_freeman 12y ago

a Kindle format would be amazing as I can take it anywhere with my Kindle and learn on the go.

dredmorbius 12y ago

pandoc will do pretty much exactly that. http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html

gluejar 12y ago

here's the story of that: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-dmca-takedown-of-feynman-lectures.html http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-dmca-takedown-...