http://www.opentextbook.org Open Text Book is a registry of text book material that is open in accordance with the Open Knowledge Definition (OKD). Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:19:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Introduction to Programming Using Java](http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/) by [David J. Eck](http://math.hws.edu/eck/) at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is available under a [CC-BY](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) license. From the blurb: > WELCOME TO the fifth edition of Introduction to Programming Using Java, a free, on-line textbook on introductory programming, which uses Java as the language of instruction. ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2008/07/07/introduction-to-programming-using-java/ Dr. Genick Bar-Meir of the [Potto Project](http://www.potto.org/) (which we [posted about](http://www.opentextbook.org/2007/10/24/potto-project-engineering-textbooks/) last October) has released a new book - [The Basics of Fluid Mechanics](http://www.potto.org/release-notesFM.php), available under the [GFDL](http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html). Dr. Bar-Meir is looking for someone to take over the chapter that deals with material properties. If anyone might be interested in ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2008/05/23/basics-of-fluid-mechanics-new-release-and-call-for-volunteers/ We have started to mirror some of the LaTeX source of textbooks listed on this site at the Open Text Book subversion repository: * [http://knowledgeforge.net/opentextbook/svn/](http://knowledgeforge.net/opentextbook/svn/) More about this service can be found at the [KnowledgeForge project page](http://knowledgeforge.net/project/opentextbook/services/svn/). We hope the respository will make it easier to automatically grab open textbook material, and ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2008/05/07/open-text-book-subversion-repository/ Michael Corral of Schoolcraft College has just let us know about his [Vector Calculus](http://www.mecmath.net/) which is available as a [PDF](http://www.mecmath.net/calc3book.pdf) under the [GFDL](http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html). Its source will be available soon. The book description says: > This is a text on elementary multivariable calculus, designed for students who have completed courses in single-variable calculus. ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2008/04/30/vector-calculus/ [Reasonable Basic Algebra](http://freemathtexts.org/RBAtext.html) by Alain Schremmer is available under the [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html) (GFDL). Chapters are available for download separately, or as [a single PDF](http://freemathtexts.org/RBAdownloads/RBA-CompleteText.pdf) (18.4mb). Alain also has other texts in development at his site, [Free Math Texts](http://freemathtexts.org/). **Update 2008-04-16**: After contacting Alain, he's told me that the [source ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2008/04/08/reasonable-basic-algebra/ A couple of weeks back, Creative Commons [blogged about](http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8034) the [Bayanihan Book Project](http://blog.bayanihanbooks.org/). The project, based in the Philllipines, aims to help increase the quality and availability of high school textbooks through crowdsourcing and liberal licensing: > We will write textbooks in the open where contents are made available on the ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2008/02/19/bayanihan-books/ After corresponding with Dr. David Santos of [Openmathtext.org](http://openmathtext.org/), he's agreed to gradually phase out use of the Open Publication License with the noncommercial option, and to start using a license compatible with the [Open Knowledge Definition](http://www.opendefinition.org/). Several of the books on the site's [download site](http://openmathtext.org/downloads.html) are now available under the [GFDL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html), ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2007/12/19/openmathtextorg/ The Borden Institute, part of the US Army Medical Department Center & School publish a series of textbooks which constitute a comprehensive treatise on the art and science of military medicine, covering such diverse topics as military preventive medicine, military medical ethics, harsh environments, and care of combat injuries. Titles in the ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2007/11/29/textbooks-on-military-medicine-from-the-borden-institute/ The Potto Project was started by Dr. Genick Bar-Meir to produce and distribute high quality open textbooks. Books are made available in pdf, LaTeX, dvi and postscript under the GFDL. So far the main books are 'Fundamentals of Compressible Flow' and 'Fundamentals of Die Casting Design', both available from the ... http://www.opentextbook.org/2007/10/24/potto-project-engineering-textbooks/ Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus (Revised edition) by William Anthony Granville was published in 1941 and so is in the public domain in some jurisdictions. A set of scans is available at Internet Archive. Thanks to David Joyner of Open Source Mathematics for this. http://www.opentextbook.org/2007/10/16/elements-of-the-differential-and-integral-calculus-by-william-granville/