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Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for Free Legal Download

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Post by vidarh »

adrianm wrote: post #18
kfogel wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, right now it's still technically illegal to download them, unless & until Springer actually says some different license. Not that anyone would be prosecuted, obviously; one could clearly claim that it was obvious that Springer intended to distribute them at the very least for personal non-commercial use, even if Springer didn't say so explicitly anywhere. If the terms are even more liberal than that, so much th…

Why is it technically illegal to download them?

It isn't, assuming Springer doesn't have contracts with author precluding it. Springer is either the copyright holder or is authorised to distribute, and they are explicitly making the works available for download. You don't need any additional permission.

Any license changes they publish are important to establish your right to make any subsequent copies, though.

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Post by jacquesm »

dang wrote: post #25

This was discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10800881 , but another thread seems like a good idea, so more people can know about this. The intellectual riches available here are incredible.

I missed the first round, super happy to see this.

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Post by zappo2938 »

msie wrote: post #27

Sooo many good books! I'm exhausted! Here are some good ones: MPEG Video Compression Standard: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b115884 Chaos and Fractals: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b97624 Proofs from THE BOOK: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-05412-3 Joel on Software: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4302-0753-5 Programming Challenges: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/…

The Things You Should Never Do, Part One by Joel Spolsky should be mandatory reading for every tech executive.[1] Springer might add more value to the texts by enabling Medium style side comments on an HTML version for readers to either ask for help or for experts to clarify and extend. Use the job posting business model to post jobs in the comments in specific disciplines of the texts to create revenue.

[1] http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4302-0753-5_2...

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Post by preordained »

kickingvegas wrote: post #26

"Formulas, Facts and Constants for Students and Professionals in Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics" by Helmut and Kurt Fischbeck. Just download it now and thank me later. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-72555-5

Gold! God bless you, sir!

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Post by jeffwass »

kanche wrote: post #59

Woah, it's a treasure trove! I am definitely checking out some of the books mentioned in the thread :) Unfortunately, some of the old and gold Springer books are available only in paper format like Shreve's Stochastic Calculus for Finance [0]. [0] http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780387401003

FYI, Shreve's "Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus" book is available :

http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4684-0302-2

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Post by restalis »

kevindeasis wrote: post #32

One of the things I've realized just a few days ago was that we need better technology to absorb content efficiently. There are so many books out there that I want to read, but might never be able to read because I will not have enough time. It would be amazing if there was just a way to download a book and understand its contents right into my brain in a matter of minutes.

The technology is evolving in that way, sort of. We have tools for content analysis and one of such analysis is text summarization. It would be extremely useful if text summarizators would become developed enough to be of any practical use. To be able to easily create a summary for the entire book, then if you're interested - for the individual chapters, and so on, each time in various volume/detail according to your time constraint and degree of interest. Pretty much like a zoom function you do on a very high resolution image.
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