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Science for Everyone – The Grand Biological Clock

Posted on March 12, 2012 by damitr

So out of our remaining posts for Science for Everyone, as mentioned in Taking Stock we now come to The Grand Biological Clock by V. M. Dilman. Many, many thanks to gnv64 for making this possible. From  the back cover: … Continue reading →

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Quasi Particles – M. I. Kaganov and I. M. Lifshits

Posted on March 10, 2012 by damitr

We come to Quasi Particles by M. I. Kaganov and I. M. Lifshits. A wonderful little book on solid state physics. The back cover says: This book, “Quasiparticles (Ideas and principles of solid state quantum physics)“, was written by two … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on March 10, 2012 by damitr

New and improved version (cleaner, paginated, ocred, bookmarked, with cover) upped. Check the new link and report problems if any. Link on original post is also restored. You can download this book from here.

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Updates…

Posted on March 8, 2012 by damitr

Physics for Everyone  series has been upped, with improved versions (single page, ocr, covers, pagination and bookmarked). Links in the originals posts have also been updated. Check the files and report problems if any. Physics for Everyone – Motion and … Continue reading →

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Integeral and Differential Calculus – N. Piskunov

Posted on March 6, 2012 by damitr

Piskunov’s book is considered to be a classic. This text is designed as a course of mathematics for higher technical schools. It contains many worked examples that illustrate the theoretical material and serve as models for solving problems. The first … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on February 29, 2012 by damitr

Check this post regularly for updates on the link status of various books! Update 1 : A new and improved (better clean up, OCRed, bookmarked) version of Tarasov’s book This Amazingly Symmetric World has been upped. The LaTeX Version Scanned … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Induction in Geometry

Posted on January 30, 2012 by damitr

After a break we being with our postings again. To start, we will see a title in the Little Mathematics Library which is a`natural continuation’ of last post, this one is called Induction in Geometry and the authors are L. … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Progeny of Volcanoes

Posted on December 19, 2011 by damitr

Till now we have not seen any books in the area of Geology, so this one is for all the people who are interested in volcanoes. In Science for Everyone series now we come to The Progeny of Volcanoes by … Continue reading →

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Science For Everyone – Flying Trains

Posted on November 24, 2011 by damitr

It is impossible to convince people of a novelty. One has to wait for a new generation to accept new ideas. – Max Planck In continuing our run on the Science for Everyone series, we now come to another title … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Electrons and Crystals – Wolkenstein

Posted on November 23, 2011 by damitr

The mission of a popular science writer is to reawaken in the reader his feelings of astonishment and curiosity. The aim is not so much to supply the reader with knowledge about  a subject, but to kindle his interest in … Continue reading →

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