Free Science Books: Physical Sciences

Here is a list of the best online books about Physical Sciences in various formats available for free :

• A Course of Six Lectures on the Various Forces of Matter, and Their Relation to Each Other by Michael Faraday (HTML at Fordham)
• Active Tectonics by National Research Council Geophysics Study Committee (page images at NAP)
• Airborne Geophysics and Precise Positioning: Scientific Issues and Future Directions by National Research Council Committee on Geodesy (page images at NAP)
• Alchemy: Ancient and Modern (1922 edition) by Herbert Stanley Redgrove (illustrated HTML at Virginia)
• A New Science Strategy for Space Astronomy and Astrophysicsby National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
• A Plan for a Research Program on Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change by National Research Council Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (page images at NAP)
• A Space Physics Paradox: Why Has Increased Funding Been Accompanied by Decreased Effectiveness in the Conduct of Space Physics Research? by National Research Council Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate and National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images at NAP)
• Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems III, ed. by Dennis R. Crabtree, R. J. Hanisch, and Jeannette Barnes (HTML in Canada) 
• Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science: An Investment in the Future by National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
• Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets by Basaltic Volcanism Study Project (page images at Harvard) 
• Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science by Homer Edward Newell (illustrated HTML at NASA)
• Calibrating Hubble Space Telescope: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, November 15-17, 1993, ed. by J. Chris Blades and Samantha J. Osmer (Postscript files at stsci.edu)
• Chondrules and Their Origins, ed. by Elbert A. King (page images at Harvard)
• Climate of North Dakota by Ray E. Jensen (illustrated HTML at USGS) 
• Cosmology: A Research Briefing by National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy (HTML and PDF at NAP) 
• Discourse on the Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Earth (in English and French, based on the third edition) by Georges Cuvier, trans. by Ian Johnston (HTML in Canada)
• Earthquakes by Kaye M. Shedlock and Louis C. Pakiser (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Effects of Past Global Change on Life by National Research Council Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (page images at NAP)
• Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present, and Future by Robert I. Tilling, Christina Heliker, and Thomas L. Wright (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, and Future (1990 edition) by Robert I. Tilling, Lyn Topinka, and Donald A. Swanson (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Familiar Letters on Chemistry, and Its Relation to Commerce, Physiology and Agriculture by Justus Liebig (HTML in Ireland) 
• Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall (Gutenberg text)
• Film Badge Dosimetry in Atmospheric Nuclear Tests by National Research Council Energy Engineering Board (page images at NAP)
• First Among Equals: The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments by John E. Naugle (HTML at NASA)
• Fossils, Rocks, and Time by Lucy E. Edwards and John Pojeta (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Four-Dimensional Model Assimilation of Data: A Strategy for the Earth System Sciences by Environment, and Resources National Research Council Commission on Geosciences (page images at NAP)
• Geodesy in the Year 2000 by National Research Council Committee on Geodesy (page images at NAP)
• Geologic Time (revised 1997 edition) by William L. Newman (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Global Tropospheric Chemistry: A Plan for Action by National Research Council Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (page images at NAP)
• GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate by National Research Council Climate Research Committee (page images at NAP)
• Guidebook to the Geology of Travis County by University Students Geological Society (illustrated HTML at Texas) 
• Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (1990 edition, with added links to WWW resources) by Martin V. Zombeck (page images at Harvard)
• High-Energy Astrophysics: American and Soviet Perspectives by U.S.-USSR Workshop on High-Energy Astrophysics (page images at NAP)
• Hurricane Elena, Gulf Goast, August 29 – September 2, 1985 by Peter Sparks (page images at NAP)
• Imaging the Earth’s Interior by Jon F. Claerbout (PostScript files at Stanford)
• Learning to Predict Climate Variations Associated with El Nino and the Southern Oscillation by National Research Council Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (page images at NAP)
• Lessons Learned From the Clementine Mission by National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
• Madam How and Lady Why: or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children by Charles Kingsley (Gutenberg text)
• Mars by Percival Lowell (illustrated HTML at Bibliomania)
• Mathematical Challenges from Theoretical/Computational Chemistry by National Research Council Committee on Mathematical Challenges from Computational Chemistry (HTML at NAP)
• Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog (updated electronic edition) by Gary W. Kronk (HTML at wustl.edu)
• Monitoring Active Volcanoes by Robert I. Tilling (illustrated HTML at USGS) 
• Mount Rainier: Active Cascade Volcano by National Research Council Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (page images at NAP)
• Natural Climate Variability On Decade-to-Century Time Scales by National Research Council Climate Research Committee (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
• Natural Gemstones by United States Geological Survey (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• New Horizons in Electrochemical Science and Technology by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)

• On the Heavens by Aristotle, trans. by J. L. Stocks (HTML at Internet Classics) 
• Opportunities and Priorities in Arctic Geoscience by Environment, and Resources National Research Council Commission on Geosciences (page images at NAP)
• Origins of the Moon (Houston: Lunar & Planetary Institute, c1986), ed. by W. K. Hartmann, R. J. Phillips, and G. J. Taylor (page images at Harvard)
• Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks by Robert L. Folk (page images at Texas) 
• Plasma Science: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications by National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy (page images and partial HTML at NAP) 
• Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming by Engineering, and Public Policy National Research Council Committee on Science (page images at NAP)
• Reducing the Costs of Space Science Research Missions: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images at NAP)
• Six Months in Ascension: An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition (London: John Murray, 1878) by Isobel Black Gill (illustrated HTML at telepath.com) 
• Snow Avalanche Hazards and Mitigation in the United States by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images at NAP)
• Solar Influences on Global Change by Environment, and Resources National Research Council Commission on Geosciences (page images at NAP)
• Some Problems of Geodynamics by A. E. H. Love (page images at Cornell)
• Stars and Atoms by Arthur Stanley Eddington (illustrated HTML at Data Text; NO US ACCESS)
• Studies in the Sierra (1950 edition) by John Muir (illustrated HTML at Sierra Club)
• The Astronomy of the Bible by O. M. Mitchel (page images at MOA) 
• The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte by Joseph Le Conte, ed. by William Dallam Armes (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday (HTML at Fordham)
• The Earth’s Electrical Environment by National Research Council Geophysics Study Committee (page images at NAP) 
• The Face of the Moon: Galileo to Apollo by William B. Ashworth (illustrated HTML at Linda Hall Library)
• The Field of Solar Physics: Review and Recommendations for Ground-Based Solar Research by Mathematics, and Applications National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences (page images at NAP)
• The Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays?, ed. by Peter Hayes and Kirk Smith (HTML at UNU Press)
• The Great Dinosaur Mistake by Kelly L. Segraves (HTML at parentcompany.com) 
• The Original Astronomical Observations Made in the Course of a Voyage to the Northern Pacific Ocean (from the Cook expeditions of 1776-1780) by William Bayly, James Cook, and James King (page images at canadiana.org)
• The Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery by William Sheehan (illustrated HTML at Arizona) 
• The Plurality of Worlds by William Whewell (page images at MOA)
• The Role of Fluids in Crustal Processes by National Research Council Geophysics Study Committee (page images at NAP)
• The San Andreas Fault by Sandra S. Schulz and Robert E. Wallace (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• The U.S. Global Change Research Program: An Assessment of the FY 1991 Plans by National Research Council (page images at NAP) 
• This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics by W. Jacquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Toward a New National Weather Service: Assessment of NEXRAD Coverage and Associated Weather Services by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images at NAP)
• Toward a New National Weather Service by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images at NAP) 
• Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven (in English and German) by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Ian Johnston (HTML in Canada)
• Volcanic and Seismic Hazards on the Island of Hawaii by Christina Heliker (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Volcanoes by Robert I. Tilling (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• Volcanoes of the United States by Stephen R. Brantley (illustrated HTML at USGS)