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c0lo [soylentnews.org] writes:

Caltech released [caltech.edu] the three volumes of Feynman Lectures in Physics.

Their content is available online in HTML5 with high quality graphics and equation using SVG and LaTeX equations rendered by MathJax JavaScript, with a strange requirement of having "Local Storage" enabled - but probably is one of the few sites the privacy conscious would worth disabling the script blockers.

The terms of use for the content clearly states

that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose;

which, again, it's a strange:

1. for a pedantic mind, reading online still required the download of the content, even if only in the temp space of the browser
2. the lack of any explicit mention of "fair use" provisions is also a bit disturbing

Anyhow, for those that want to reward the effort of shifting to an electronic format, the eBook editions are available for purchase on a large number of places [caltech.edu].

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