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Re: Cambridge University Press make their books free until May

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This is wonderful! Does anyone have any particular recommendations (in any subject)?

Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies by Anil Rao https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Particles-Rigid-Bodies-Syste...

Dr. Rao’s systematic approach to solving dynamics problems is consistent and concise. He also has a companion set of lecture notes on YouTube. I remember it as one of the most challenging but rewarding aspects of my engineering school experience. All the principles are described mathematically in a coordinate-free manner. You’ll learn to set up equations of rigid bodies and constraints without all the guesswork and haphazard construction of coordinates typically encountered in a physics textbook.

Re: Cambridge University Press make their books free until May

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Not all books, only some.

I remember one of their books [1], it was available for free PDF download for a few months. I downloaded the PDF, then later wanted to read it again and discovered I'd somehow misplaced the PDF. And now it isn't available for free download any more. I was hoping it might be included in this, but it isn't.

[1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/atheism-and-agnostic...

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