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Kevin G. Rhoads

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retired engineer / mathematician; SJW, nerd

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Covid-19 and Capitalism This open access book inquires the socioeconomic dynamics and causes of Covid-19 pandemic, the outcomes of the legal methods deployed in Western countries.

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Front-End Matter | Electromagnetic Fields and Energy | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | MIT OpenCourseWare Front-End Matter.

From MIT OCW

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Elements of Seismic Hazard in Mines This open access book explains terms and concepts in earthquake and mine seismology and clarifies some misconceptions to seismic hazard assessment in mines

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Early Geometrical Thinking in the Environment of Patterns, Mosaics and Isometries This book discusses the learning and teaching of geometry, with a special focus on kindergarten and primary education. It examines important new trends and developments in research and practice, and e...

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Representing the Unobservable This open access book studies history of the virtual particle, from quantum physics in the Bohr-Kramers-Slater theory to representation in Feynman diagrams

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The Ultimate Guide To Lesser-Known Black Inventors The Ultimate Guide To Lesser-Known Black Inventors - Kindle edition by White, Jamie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Ultimate Guide To Lesser-Known Black Inventors.

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Tensor Network Contractions This open access book aims to explain the tensor network contraction approaches in a systematic way, from the basic definitions to the important applications. It is intended for graduated students, bu...

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Intraocular Lens Calculations This open access book covers an overview of IOL power calculations and their application in various clinical scenarios..

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Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis This open access book intends to forward the scientific basis for probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk analysis

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Hydraulics in Civil Engineering This open access book closes the gap between applied civil engineering hydraulics and standard fluid mechanics works. It contains open source codes.

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An Introduction to the Mechanics of Incompressible Fluids This open access book brings the reader a pedestrian pace to grasp the main bulk of fluid flow problems and contains exercises and solutions

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Biotechnologies for Plant Mutation Breeding This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.This book offers 19 detailed protocols on the use of induced mutations in crop breeding and functional genomics studies, which cover topics includ...

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Elements of quaternions : Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805-1865 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive vi p., 1 l.,lix, 762 p. 23 cm

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Quaternion Algebras This open access textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of the arithmetic theory of quaternion orders. Essential for students and researchers.

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Mathematical Foundations for Post-Quantum Cryptography This open access book presents mathematical foundations for cryptography securely used in the era of quantum computers

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Noncommutative Geometry and Particle Physics This updated 2nd edition becomes OA and includes noncommutative manifolds and provides noncommutative geometry and applications to particle physics.

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Goodnight Solar System: A Bedtime Story About Planets (Early Learner Stories) Amazon.com: Goodnight Solar System: A Bedtime Story About Planets (Early Learner Stories) eBook : Giles, Dean R, Giles, Brenda: Kindle Store

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Metric Lie Groups This book explores Carnot-CarathΓ©odory spaces from the perspective of Lie groups. This is an open access book.

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Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, Space-Time White Noise and Random Fields This open access book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs).

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The Boundaries Blueprint for Burnout Recovery in the Workplace: How to Set Limits, Say No, and Still Get Things Done Without Losing Yourself Amazon.com: The Boundaries Blueprint for Burnout Recovery in the Workplace: How to Set Limits, Say No, and Still Get Things Done Without Losing Yourself eBook : Dampier, Ashley : Kindle Store

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Atomic Physics for Everyone This open access textbook introduces beginning undergraduate students and high school students to atomic physics with no advanced math required.

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Differential Geometry Open access textbook on differential geometry, surfaces, curves, elastic, minimal, Wilmore, variational calculus, Rimannian Geometry.

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(this is bend your brain math)

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Books: CIA Project Gutenberg offers 77,688 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.

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Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics This is an open access book.

Open Access (but do not try these at home)

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