[FRIAM] Free online Springer books

[Steve Smith]

I remember a great line from the 90s on the topic:

"you can't grep paper!"

Unfortunately I prefer physical books/paper for most circumstances and
uses.    It is *great*, however that I have at my fingertips a huge
collection of electronic documents formatted (usually) professionally,
both online and downloaded.   Riches beyond my imagination 20-30 years ago.

On 6/16/20 1:55 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:

> Dissenting opinion here. I dislike paper books. That said, PDF, i.e.
> preformatted content, only looks good on large screens like computer
> displays or large tablets. 
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 12:49 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com
> <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Actually, I hate it.
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>     Nicholas Thompson
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>     *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com
>     <mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com>> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:28 AM
>     *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
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>     *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Free online Springer books
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>     You're lucky that you're willing to read PDFs.  I want to hold the
>     book and my 🖨️ isn't robust enough to put out a whole book.
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>     On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 11:24 AM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jonzingale at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Nick,
>
>         It does look like a good read, though your reminder is a good
>         one. I wish
>         there were a decent app for predicting the value xyz
>         information will be to
>         me, how well it will synergize with other experiences. OTOH, I
>         know I would
>         get bored if my path were known to me. Ah, but I am very happy
>         to have a pdf
>         copy of John Lee's text on smooth manifolds!
>
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