New Science Books To Be Available Free Online

fm6 writes "Bloomsbury Publishing, best known for the Harry Potter books, has announced a new series of science books that will be available for free online. Bloomsbury thinks they can make enough money off of hard-copy sales to turn a 'small profit.' The online version will be covered by a Creative Commons license which allows free non-commercial use. They've already had some success with the one book they've published this way, Larry Lessig's 'Remix: Making Art and Commerce thrive in the Hybrid Economy.' The series, 'Science, Ethics and Innovation,' will be edited by Sir John Sulston, Nobel prize winner and one of the architects of the Human Genome Project."

Re:Anything like this for maths?

[Anonymous Coward]

Go to any used book store and grab an algebra, calculus, whatever textbook for $5. Basic math hasn't changed in a hundred years, so it's not like you're getting out dated material.

Not a bad idea. But watch out for those textbooks made in the 1860s. I heard that some of them will try to tell you that 2+2=goat.

Re:Nothing!

[davester666]

It is still considered non-commercial use if you use these books to teach kids science, then sell the kids?

Re:Anything like this for maths?

[ben0207]

Also I got some book (I think published in the mid 80s or so - at least there was a year in the title) which tried to teach me that 2+2=5.

Caused me a lot of problems, that did.

Re:Anything like this for maths?

[bsane]

I measure my fuel efficiency in rods per hogshead- the way god intended.

Re:Anything like this for maths?

[Ragzouken]

It's "He IS post." Jeeze, don't you know anything about grammar?

Re:Nothing!

[genghisjahn]

In all this talk of who can do what under which license...has anyone stopped to think of the children? You have? Oh...okay. Carry on.