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  1. Think Python: An Introduction to Software Design / 13 November, 2008

    “Think Python” by Allen B. Downey is the manuscript of a forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press. The planned publication date is February 2009. This book is a substantially revised version of “How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python”. Here you can download the book for free: Think Python

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  2. Linear Algebra by Jim Hefferon / 2 November, 2008

    Professor Jim Hefferon’s book Linear Algebra is available as a free document (pdf). It covers the material of a first undergraduate Linear Algebra course. Eric Kidd says in his blog Random Hacks: “Don’t be fooled by the price: Hefferon’s book is better than most of the expensive tomes sold in college bookstores”. Linear Algebra is [...]

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  3. Calculus by Gilbert Strang / 25 October, 2008

    MIT Open Course Ware has made the textbook Calculus by Professor Gilbert Strang available online. The book was published in 1991 and is still in print from Wellesley-Cambridge Press. It is a very useful resource for educators and self-learners alike. It is well organized, covers single variable and multivariable calculus in depth, and is rich [...]

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  4. Fundamentals of Plasmonics / 27 April, 2007

    A book which gives an overview of plasmonics, an area of physics that could revolutionise computing and telecommunications over the next two decades, has been published by a researcher at the University of Bath. Dr Stefan Maier’s 250-page work, Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications, published by Springer, was released last week. In it Dr Maier, a [...]

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