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title: "Huge Collection of Free Science Books in Honor of World Literacy Day"
description: "[caption id=\"attachment_28986\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"574\"] Quote via Aldous Huxley (1894–1963). Image: Diana Grigore[/caption] Happy World Literacy Day! The quote on this image comes from one of the most famous writers of the 20th century, Aldous Huxley (1894–1963). It is brought to you as a friendly reminder of the power of words. They can inspire, anger, educate, and even..."
date: "2014-09-08"
modified: "2014-09-08"
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  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
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# Huge Collection of Free Science Books in Honor of World Literacy Day

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trinity-college-old-library-1.jpg>)

[![Quote via Aldous Huxley (1894–1963). Image: Diana Grigore](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/226632_10151715334932518_140453580_n.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/226632_10151715334932518_140453580_n.jpg>)
*Quote via Aldous Huxley (1894–1963). Image: Diana Grigore*

**Happy World Literacy Day!**

The quote on this image comes from one of the most famous writers of the 20th century, Aldous Huxley (1894–1963). It is brought to you as a friendly reminder of the power of words. They can inspire, anger, educate, and even cause us to question our most firmly held beliefs.

In honor of the day, we have compiled a collection of some of the best free science books (and sites) we've stumbled across. So brew a cup of tea, and spend some time with these great reads....

## Free Science Books on the Internet:

### [NASA Releases Free eBook About Communicating With Aliens](<https://futurism.com/nasa-releases-free-ebook-about-communicating-with-aliens>)

### [Free Physics E-books For All: Lev Landau & Evgeny Lifshitz](<https://futurism.com/free-physics-e-books-for-all-lev-landau-evgeny-lifshitz>)

### [Free Databases: 170 Textbooks & UC Press](<https://futurism.com/free-science-the-best-free-courses-and-databases-on-the-internet>)

### [Free Science eBooks Database](<http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/>)

### [A Brief Introduction to Particle Physics](<http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/Education/rsrc/LEPP/Education/TeacherResources/Brief_Intro_to_HEP1.pdf>)

### [Quantum Mechanics](<http://www.lsr.ph.ic.ac.uk/~plenio/lecture.pdf>)

### [Relativity: The Special and General Theory](<http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/einstein/works/1910s/relative/relativity.pdf>)

### [Introduction to String Field Theory](<http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0107094v1.pdf>)

### [A No-Nonsense Introduction to General Relativity](<http://preposterousuniverse.com/grnotes/grtinypdf.pdf>)

### [Basic Mathematics for Astronomy](<http://physics.bgsu.edu/~tiede/class/bmastronomy1.2.pdf>)

*And as an added bonus!*

### The Feynman Lectures, Now Online and Free

[![Trinity College Library via WikiMedia](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/trinity-college-old-library-1-1024x658.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/trinity-college-old-library-1.jpg>)
*Trinity College Library via WikiMedia*

### Author social links  
[Facebook](<https://www.facebook.com/jolene.creighton>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolenecreighton>)  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/sciencejolene>)