Free Science Books : Mathematics and Computer Science
Here is a list of online books about Mathematics and Computer Science in various formats available for free:
- A Challenge of Numbers: People in the Mathematical Sciences by Bernard L. Madison and Therese A. Hart (page images at NAP)
- Adaptive Object-Oriented Software by Karl J. Lieberherr (PDF with commentary at Northeastern)
- An Architecture for Combinator Graph Reduction by Philip Koopman (local PDF files with commentary)
- Common Lisp the Language (second edition) by Guy Steele (HTML at CMU)
- Compilers and Compiler Generators: An Introduction with C++ by Pat Terry (HTML, PDF and Postscript with commentary at Rhodes University)
- Computers at Risk: Safe Computing in the Information Age by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (page images at NAP)
- Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML and page images at NAP)
- Computing the Future: A Broader Agenda for Computer Science and Engineering by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (Postscript and page images at NAP)
- Designing and Building Parallel Programs by Ian Foster (HTML at anl.gov)
- Differential and Integral Calculus by Virgil Snyder and John Irwin Hutchinson :page images at MOA
- Educating Mathematical Scientists: Doctoral Study and the Postdoctoral Experience in the United States by Mathematics, and Applications National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences (page images at NAP)
- Elements by Euclid, ed. by D. E. Joyce, trans. by Thomas Little Heath (illustrated HTML at clarku.edu)
- Elements of Abstract and Linear Algebra by Edwin H. Connell (PDF and Postscript at Miami)
- Generating functionology by Herbert S. Wilf (PDF at Penn)
- Introduction to Probability (electronic edition) by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell (PDF files at Dartmouth)
- Invariance Theory, the Heat Equation, and the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem (1984) by Peter B. Gilkey (Postscript files at emis.de)
- LAPACK Users’ Guide (second edition, 1995) (HTML at netlib.org)
- Larch: Languages and Tools for Formal Specification, ed. by John V. Guttag and James J. Horning (Postscript at MIT)
- MacPerl: Power and Ease by Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor, ed. by Rich Morin (HTML at yggdrasil.com)
- Massive Data Sets: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Research Council Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics (multimedia at NAP)
- Mathematical Sciences, Technology, and Economic Competitivenes, ed. by James G. Glimm (page images at NAP)
- Measuring Up: Prototypes for Mathematics Assessment by National Research Council National Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images and partial Hypercard at NAP)
- Measuring What Counts: A Conceptual Guide for Mathematics Assessment by National Research Council National Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images at NAP)
- Moving Beyond Myths: Revitalizing Undergraduate Mathematicsby National Research Council National Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images at NAP)
- Natural Operations in Differential Geometry by Ivan Kolar, Jan Slovak, and Peter W. Michor (PDF and Postscript at emis.de)
- Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing (second edition) by William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, and Brian P. Flannery
- Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN: The Art of Scientific Computing (second edition) by William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, and Brian P. Flannery
- Object-Oriented System Development (electronic edition) by Dennis De Champeaux, Douglas Lea, and Penelope Faure (HTML at Oswego)
- Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, ed. by Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman, and Mark Stone (HTML at oreilly.com)
- PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine: A Users’ Guide and Tutorial for Networked Parallel Computing by Al Geist, Adam Beguelin, Jack Dongarra, Weicheng Jiang, Robert Manchek, and Vaidy Sunderam (HTML at netlib.org)
- Reshaping School Mathematics: A Philosophy and Framework for Curriculum by National Research Council National Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images at NAP)
- Scaling Up: A Research Agenda for Software Engineering by National Research Council Computer Science and Technology Board (page images at NAP)
- Spinors, Spectral Geometry, and Riemannian Submersions by Peter B. Gilkey, John V. Leahy, and Jeonghyeong Park (Postscript files at emis.de)
- Stack Computers: The New Wave by Philip Koopman (HTML at CMU)
- State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning Mathematics by Carole B. Lacampagne (HTML at ed.gov)
- Supercomputers: Directions in Technology and Applications by National Research Council Computer Science and Technology Board (page images at NAP)
- Templates for the Solution of Linear Systems: Building Blocks for Iterative Methods by Richard Barrett, Michael Berry, Tony Chan, James Demmel, June Donato, Jack Dongarra, Victor Eijkhout, Roldan Pozo, Charles Romine, and Henk Van der Vorst (HTML at netlib.org)
- The Annotated VRML97 Reference Manual by Rikk Carey and Gavin Bell (frame-dependent HTML at best.com)
- The Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage (text files at McMaster)
- The Future of Statistical Software by National Research Council Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics (page images at NAP)
- The Java Tutorial (online edition) by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath (illustrated HTML and Java at javasoft.com)
- The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface by Kent L. Norman (HTML at UMD)
- zipped Gutenberg text filesThe Secret Guide to Computers (22nd edition, 1996) by Russ Walter
- Thinking in Java (prepublication versions, with supplementary material) by Bruce Eckel (PDF, Word, RTF, and zipped text at bruceeckel.com)
- Tools For Thought: The People and Ideas of the Next Computer Revolution (with all chapters of print edition, and new chapters in progress) by Howard Rheingold (HTML at the WELL)
- Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges, ed. by Nathaniel I. Durlach and Anne S. Mavor (page images at NAP)
