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Home > Textbooks > Textbooks by Subject > Science

Science Open Textbooks
 

  • Anatomy and Physiology of Animals (CC-BY-SA)
  • AP Environmental Science (CC-BY)
  • CK-12 Earth Science (CC-BY-SA)
  • CK-12 Life Science (CC-BY-SA)
  • Comparing Stars (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Deserts: Geology and Resources (PD)
  • Earth’s Physical Resources: Petroleum (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Earth Science (CC-BY)
  • Earth Systems, an Earth Science Course (CC-BY)
  • Earthquakes (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Empirical Research Design (CC-NC-BY-SA)
  • Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Environmental Science in the 21st Century (custom license)
  • Evolution through Natural Selection (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Gene Manipulation in Plants (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Genes, Technology and Policy/The Science (CC-BY-SA)
  • Geology of the National Parks (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Geothermal Energy—Clean Power From the Earth’s Heat (PD)
  • Interactive Science Simulations (CC-BY)
  • Introduction to Climate Dynamics and Climate Modelling (CC-BY-SA)
  • An Introduction to Sustainable Energy (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Intro to Physical Oceanography (Custom Copyright)
  • Nanotechnology (Custom license)
  • Nature of Geographic Information (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • The Opensource Handbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CC-BY-SA)
  • Our Ocean Planet – Environmental Geoscience in the 21st Century (custom license)
  • Physical Geography (CC)
  • Plate Tectonics (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  • Radioactivity iLab Curricula (CC-BY-SA) NEW!
  • The Science of Healthy Behaviors (PD)
  • This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics (PD)


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