For anyone interested in learning anything...

#1 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 10:15 PM

There is a plentiful amount of free resources on the net for learning, and I will post some of them here.

Motion Mountain free physics textbook, it covers everything from Greek physicists to Quantum physics, and it quite big at over 1500 pages in .pdf format. It is well worth the time to download (not really much if you have highspeed internet)

MIT OpenCourseWare MIT offers 1800 college courses for free. Physics, Business, Biology, Architecture, Literature, Philosophy, and many, many more. Here are videos of lectures, class notes, tests, just about everything that an MIT student gets, except actually going to MIT.

OpenCouseWare Consortium They offer links to many other OpenCouse materials, offered by colleges all over the world.

UC Berkley on Youtube Lots of good stuff here too, on youtube for easy viewing. The interface (youtube's) isn't that good for this kind of thing, but it does work.

Scholarpedia free peer-reviewed wiki encyclopedia

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy A lot of information on philosophy

Squashed Philosophers offers many famous philosophies/-ers and their respective publications, in a condensed (squashed) format, for quick reading. They offer both "Very Squashed" (about a paragraph) and "Squashed" (much more in depth than the very squashed version, but still significantly smaller and easier to read than the original writing)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Great articles on all kinds of subjects, from metaphysics, religion, quantum physics, etc.

A Review of the Universe Readings that explain the Universe, from stars and galaxies, to life on Earth.

Freud's Interpretation of Dreams The actual book by Freud, entitled "The Interpretation of Dreams" Great information on why we dream, and why we dream about what we dream about.

The Elegant Universe The PBS documentary explaining String Theory.

Quantum Physics Made (Relatively) Simple Lectures by the scientist Hans Bethe on quantum physics

Sacred Texts
Literally thousands of texts from many religions, from the most popular to the most obscure, all available for free.

Feel free to add to this.

TheHempress · #2 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 10:21 PM

Downloading Motion Mountain..thanks!

EDIT- Oh, and Scholarpedia is cool, too.

Liquidtruth · #3 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 10:52 PM

Very cool post. I always wanted to go to MIT without having to go to MIT.

Welcome to the land of being sticky.

#4 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 11:10 PM

nice...

If this is gonna be sticky I guess I have to put some more stuff up...I got a lot of bookmarks...(thank you stumbleupon)

edit: I just doubled the amount of links.

blueend · #5 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 04:30 PM

great post/i never saw i before...hhmm..anyhow..

Texas Hardhead · #6 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 05:45 PM

Bookmarking this page and will get back to it later.
Thankyou.

GreenHit23 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 10:11 PM

I feel this will be of great help in my future.

Sam_Spade · #8 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 11:18 PM

learning things is stupid.

The real path to knowledge is having unwavering faith in something true and pure.

Liquidtruth · #9 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam_Spade

The real path to knowledge is having unwavering faith in something true and pure.

Like uh... Faith in the FSM?

Nosketch78 · #10 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 10:08 PM

Awesome post

Uookaa · #11 (**permalink**) 11-02-2008, 03:51 AM

Adi · #12 (**permalink**) 12-20-2008, 12:33 AM

The Elegant Universe documentary is awesome.. I bought the book too both are really incredible.

Bigboom33 · #13 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 11:06 PM

http://spaceandmotion.com/

A very well put together website touching on a number of topics. Concisely written and put into layman terms.

Tammm · #14 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 09:29 AM

Thanks so much for this!
I'm starting off with A Review of the Universe and Freud's Interpretation of Dreams.

InnerPeace · #15 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 01:02 PM

good post. This is going to be great on slow days.

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#1 (permalink) 09-19-2008, 10:15 PM
kinetic being Guest Posts: n/a	For anyone interested in learning anything... There is a plentiful amount of free resources on the net for learning, and I will post some of them here. Motion Mountain free physics textbook, it covers everything from Greek physicists to Quantum physics, and it quite big at over 1500 pages in .pdf format. It is well worth the time to download (not really much if you have highspeed internet) MIT OpenCourseWare MIT offers 1800 college courses for free. Physics, Business, Biology, Architecture, Literature, Philosophy, and many, many more. Here are videos of lectures, class notes, tests, just about everything that an MIT student gets, except actually going to MIT. OpenCouseWare Consortium They offer links to many other OpenCouse materials, offered by colleges all over the world. UC Berkley on Youtube Lots of good stuff here too, on youtube for easy viewing. The interface (youtube's) isn't that good for this kind of thing, but it does work. Scholarpedia free peer-reviewed wiki encyclopedia The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy A lot of information on philosophy Squashed Philosophers offers many famous philosophies/-ers and their respective publications, in a condensed (squashed) format, for quick reading. They offer both "Very Squashed" (about a paragraph) and "Squashed" (much more in depth than the very squashed version, but still significantly smaller and easier to read than the original writing) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Great articles on all kinds of subjects, from metaphysics, religion, quantum physics, etc. A Review of the Universe Readings that explain the Universe, from stars and galaxies, to life on Earth. Freud's Interpretation of Dreams The actual book by Freud, entitled "The Interpretation of Dreams" Great information on why we dream, and why we dream about what we dream about. The Elegant Universe The PBS documentary explaining String Theory. Quantum Physics Made (Relatively) Simple Lectures by the scientist Hans Bethe on quantum physics Sacred Texts Literally thousands of texts from many religions, from the most popular to the most obscure, all available for free. Feel free to add to this. Last edited by kinetic being; 09-20-2008 at 11:39 PM. Reason: lots of more links

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TheHempress You're not the chosen one Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: 4200 Super Moderator Blvd., Grasscity Pennsylvania, 17420 Posts: 11,950 Blog Entries: 8	Re: For anyone interested in learning anything... Downloading Motion Mountain..thanks! EDIT- Oh, and Scholarpedia is cool, too. __________________ Now baby, baby, baby this world must seem so immense compared to the womb and baby, baby, baby your head must seem so much smaller than you assumed the whole world seems to center around you it'd be easy to make the mistake that maybe you're why the world was made

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Liquidtruth Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 4,656 Blog Entries: 1	Re: For anyone interested in learning anything... Very cool post. I always wanted to go to MIT without having to go to MIT. Welcome to the land of being sticky. __________________ Cannabis being illegal is a literal crime against humanity. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle "No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other." - Jascha Heifetz Last edited by Liquidtruth; 09-19-2008 at 11:04 PM.

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kinetic being Guest Posts: n/a	Re: For anyone interested in learning anything... nice... If this is gonna be sticky I guess I have to put some more stuff up...I got a lot of bookmarks...(thank you stumbleupon) edit: I just doubled the amount of links. Last edited by kinetic being; 09-19-2008 at 11:40 PM.

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Tammm Happy Turtle (: Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 655	Re: For anyone interested in learning anything... Thanks so much for this! I'm starting off with A Review of the Universe and Freud's Interpretation of Dreams. __________________ Ohhh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes.