This page brings together free online books, topic searches, audiobooks, and Open Access resources related to the physical sciences, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, mathematics, and scientific theory and research. The materials range from older public domain works to modern scholarly studies.
The Topics section below helps readers find books and documents within the huge Internet Archive collection, which includes periodicals and other materials, from older historical works to recent publications. Each topic link generates an Internet Archive search focused on that subject. Browsing the topics and selecting those of interest is usually easier and more effective than searching Internet Archive directly.
Sections below Topics provide links to related audiobooks and modern Open Access books. See those sections for more information.
Topics – Physical Sciences Books for Self-Study – ChemBooks – PhySci
The topic links below lead to Internet Archive search results related to the various physical sciences. Each link opens a books-and-documents search focused on a particular topic.
Search results generally include fully readable books, periodicals, and other documents. For some subjects, Internet Archive also contains other media, such as images, audio, or video files. These can be selected from the media options above the search results. Filters on the left side of Internet Archive pages can help narrow search results by year, language, or related subjects.
Astronomy Books
Library Research Guide (LibGuide) – Astronomy Books PDF
This research guide from the librarians at Suffolk County NY Public Libraries has links to a variety of resources related to Astronomy.
Chemistry Books
LOC Research Guides – ChemBooks Chemistry Reference Books
Library of Congress Research Guides contain recommended modern books with brief descriptions. If you find a book of interest, search for it in the Internet Archive’s free online ‘Texts to Borrow’ collection.
Crystallography Books
Electronics Books
See our Century Past page on Engineering
Materials Science
Earth Sciences Books
Physical Laws Books
Physics Books
- Agricultural physics
- Archaeological physics
- Astrophysics
- Attenuation (Physics)
- Ballistics
- Biophysics
- Capillarity
- Communication in physics
- Computational physics
- Conservation laws (Physics)
- Constraints (Physics)
- Cosmic physics
- Critical phenomena (Physics)
- Diffusion
- Electricity
- Evaporation
- Expansion (Heat)
- Field theory (Physics)
- Fluids
- Force and energy
- General relativity (Physics)
- Geophysics
- Gravitation
- Heat
- High pressure physics
- Information theory in physics
- Ions
- Lasers in physics
- Libraries – Special collections – Physics
- Magnetism
- Mathematical physics
- Matter
- Mechanics
- Medical physics
- Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics)
- Microphysics
- Motion
- Motion pictures in physics
- Music – Acoustics and physics
- Nanostructures
- Nuclear physics
- Open systems (Physics)
- Optics
- Permeability
- Phenomenological theory (Physics)
- Physical metallurgy
- Pneumatics
- Psychophysics
- Quantum theory
- Radiation
- Radiology
- Relaxation phenomena
- Sex discrimination in physics
- Similarity (Physics)
- Solid state physics
- Sound
- Statics
- Statistical physics
- Sum rules (Physics)
- Superposition principle (Physics)
- Surfaces (Physics)
- Symmetry (Physics)
- Thermodynamics
- Units of measurement
- Vedas and physics
- Viscosity
- Weights and measures
- Women in physics
Science Books
- Ambiguity in science
- Aquatic sciences
- Architecture and science
- Art and science
- Bahai Faith and science
- Bhagavadgītā and science
- Bible and science
- Buddhism and science
- Cognitive science
- Communication in science
- Communism and science
- Computer science
- Democracy and science
- Design and science
- Discrimination in science
- Environmental sciences
- Ethnoscience
- Feminism and science
- Forensic sciences
- Fraud in science
- Gender identity in science
- Graduate students in science
- Heresy in science
- Hinduism and science
- Imperialism and science
- Islam and science
- Jainism and science
- Judaism and science
- Life sciences
- Mathematics
- Mentoring in science
- Metrology
- Minorities in science
- Motion pictures in science
- Music and science
- Nanoscience
- National socialism and science
- Nationalism and science
- Natural history
- Occultism and science
- Parapsychology and science
- People with disabilities in science
- Philosophy and science
- Physical sciences
- Pseudoscience
- Qurʼan and science
- Religion and science
- Serendipity in science
- Sex discrimination in science
- Sexism in science
- Sexology
- Sikhism and science
- Space sciences
- Sports sciences
- Taoism and science
- Technology
- Television in science
- Upanishads and science
- Vedas and science
- Visual communication in science
- Volunteer workers in science
- Women in science
- Zen Buddhism and science
Physical Science PhySci Audiobooks Free – Earth Science Audiobooks Free
These audiobook links lead to public domain recordings from LibriVox at Internet Archive. The books recorded by Librivox volunteers were nearly all published before 1930. Recordings include works about astronomy, geology, chemistry, earth science, physics, and meteorology.
All Librivox audiobooks are free and can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening.
Open Access Physical Science Books and Textbooks PDF Free Download
The Open Access books and other materials below are modern works made freely available online by universities, academic publishers, the Library of Congress, and other organizations. Many reflect current scholarship and research.
Some works may only be read online, but many can also be downloaded as PDF or EPUB files.
- Natural Sciences Textbooks at Open Textbook Library
- Physical Sciences Course Material at OASIS
- Chemistry Textbooks, Simulations, and Course Material at OASIS
- Physics Textbooks, Simulations, and Course Material at OASIS
- Geosciences Physical Science Textbooks at OASIS
- Astronomy Course Material at OASIS
- Physical Science Books at the Library of Congress
- Astronomy Books, Textbooks, and Other Materials at MERLOT
- Chemistry Books and Other Materials at MERLOT
- Geoscience Books and Other Physical Science Materials at MERLOT
- Physics Books and Other Materials at MERLOT
- Chemistry University Textbooks and Reference Books at LibreTexts
- Physics Textbooks at LibreTexts
- Geology Earth Science Textbooks at LibreTexts
- Earth Sciences Textbooks at LibreTexts
- Astronomy Textbooks at LibreTexts
- Chemistry Reference Books at InTech
- Physics Books at InTech
- Physics Books at Taylor & Francis Group
- Chemistry Reference at Doab
- Physics Books at Doab
- Earth Science Books at Doab
- Astronomy at Doab
- Geosciences Earth Science Books at Doab
- Chemistry Books at OAPEN
- Earth Science Books at OAPEN
- Physics Books at OAPEN
- Astronomy, Space and Time Books at OAPEN
- Geology Earth Science Books at OAPEN
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