#textbooks

[nemfrog]

Chipping Sparrows. In Field and Forest. 1928.

Internet Archive

Book uploaded by LexW

[iamthecutestofborg]

I. HATE. IN-TEXT. CITATIONS.

Not just when I'm writing a paper, but when I'm READING a textbook it looks SO messy (Rick-Astley, 1969, p. 420) and it's SO distracting, (Morbius, 2022) and SO disruptive (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, & Rudolph, 1964.) to my reading and (Bird, Grouch, Monster, & Monster, 1997 ) learning process. And why are some of them SO FUCKING (According, 2007; To & All, 1991; Known, Laws, & Of, 2378; Aviation, 57 B.C.E.) LONG???

[itscolossal]

From Geography to Color Theory, Page Through a Rare Archive of Centuries-Old Japanese Textbooks

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

Classical Chinese Resources

I did a post earlier about Classical Chinese, so here are some learning resources that can come in handy

Textbooks:

Fuller, Michael A. An Introduction to Literary Chinese.

Kroll, Paul W., et al., comp. A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese.

Rouzer, Paul. A New Practical Primer of Literary Chinese

Yuan, Naiying, Hai-tao Tang, and James Geiss. Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader in Three Volumes.

Grammar:

Detailed and more in-depth grammar and structure explanations

Study Texts:

Guwendao Has a vast resources of different texts to study and read

A very interesting collection of texts from Korea at the time when Classical Chinese was used there. https://gimpomunhwa.or.kr/index.do https://gimpomunhwa.or.kr/html/site/gimpo/jungbong/edition/original/record/contents_19_05.html

A collection of various translated different texts

Translated annals text collection of the Ming China emperors

Collection of texts, you can easily search up specific ones

Online reader for texts

Other resources:

Dictionary: One of the few online dictionaries that I know of for Classical-Chinese to English translations. Also includes texts with English translations below, so quite useful for studying

General guide to chinese history

[notsosaucystuff]

With school starting back up here's your reminder to not buy your textbooks until after at least the first day because sometimes the professor will not use them. And if they are needed, try typing the title, author and edition with "pdf" or "reddit" after into a search engine to try to find free online pdfs. If all else fails, try websites that sell used books like thriftbooks, abebooks, and ebay. Save your money folks. 💸

[stone-cold-groove]

Using Words We Need. Silver Burdett Company, publishers - circa 1950.

[physicsgoblin]

Physics and Mathematics Resources (plus some Chemistry):

I will update this because I know I have more recommend textbooks somewhere in my files, I'm just too tired to look right now. Latest update: 5/13/25

Physics:

The Science Spot--Mostly lesson plans for teaching kids

The Physics Classroom Tutorial--Has interactive online activities and models. Some videos and also some chemistry stuff.

HyperPhysics--Quite possibly the best resource I've ever seen because it shows how all concepts are linked together. The site isn't loading for me but it says it's up. There is a downloadable version on the Internet Archive (though it doesn't look as nice and clean). EDIT: I found a GitHub that lets you clone and download the html so you can click through it offline and it works! If people are interested I can make a tutorial, it was very easy.

PhET--A ton of demonstrations and tutorials. Also has some for mathematics and chemistry.

Paradigms Physics Notes--this was the curriculum that was used in my junior and senior classes. A lot of stuff here. If you are interest about teaching physics using this method, you can read more here.

Quantum Mathamatica Add-on--Useful for calculations.

The Hypertextbook--uhh lots here. Problems, solutions, explanations, etc.

oPhysics--interactive physics software.

MiniPhysics--more demonstrations and interactive software.

Michel van Biezen--really clear work-throughs of many subjects (algebra, calculus, chemistry, physics). He actually has a tumblr but has been active in like a decade @ilectureonline

Mathematics:

Paul's Online Math Notes--Got my whole class through junior and senior year

Calculator Soup--a lot of different kinds of calculators

3Blue1Brown--Very interesting youtube channel that shows a lot of calculus and linear algebraic principals visually or in intuitive ways.

Mathologer--more interesting advanced mathematical concepts.

General:

OpenStax--Free textbooks, legally