# MIT Press Has Released 297 Free eBooks, Most Published Very Recently **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [August 7, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216 "2023-08-07T22:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216/1 "2023-08-07T22:56:20Z")
A little bit of everything. [https://archive.org/details/mit\_press\_open\_access?tab=collection](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_open_access?tab=collection) A sample of titles: [The Stuff Games Are Made Of](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262375115) [Gradient Expectations: Structure, Origins, and Synthesis of Predictive Neural Networks](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262374675) [Ownership of Knowledge: Beyond Intellectual Property](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262374644) [Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints: How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262374507) [Picture Research: The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262375023) [The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist: Why We Should Think Beyond Commercial Game Production](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262374132) [Remaking the American Dream: The Informal and Formal Transformation of Single-Family Housing Cities](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262372411) [Age of Auto Electric: Environment, Energy, and the Quest for the Sustainable Car](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262372022) [Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262372343) [Cellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262370011) [CBD: What Does the Science Say?](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262370400) [Sex Dolls at Sea: Imagined Histories of Sexual Technologies](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262369572) [Global Fintech: Financial Innovation in the Connected World](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262369534) [Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262368391) [Wine Economics](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262361026) [Sexual Consent](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262353595) [Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262340267) [Le Corbusier, the Noble Savage: Toward an Archaeology of Modernism](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262367950) [Frank Lloyd Wright versus America: The 1930s](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262367981) [Designing Paris: The Architecture of Duban, Labrouste Duc, and Vaudoyer](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262368025) [The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262367868) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216/2 "2023-08-10T12:19:50Z")
I hadn’t heard about this. I’ll have to look into it. I saw the “Frankenstein annotated for Scientists” at the MUT Press Bookstore a few years ago, and almost bought it. I have several annotated editions of the novel (including Leonard Wolf’s and Leslie Klinger’s), and this would be an interesting addition. I’m a big fan of the novel, and it’s all because of reading Wolf’s annotated edition. Before that I found the book a struggle. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216/3 "2023-08-10T15:14:05Z")
I see [Street-Fighting Mathematics](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262265881) by Sanjoy Mahajan is on the list. I’ve read it and it’s excellent. It’s about outside-the-box mathematical thinking. It’s less rigorous but more practical than most math courses. There was also a companion MOOC (massive open online course) with video lectures by the author that I took years ago, but I can’t find the lectures anywhere online now. I may read another title by the same author from the list: [The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering](https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262325233) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216/4 "2023-08-10T19:48:25Z")
Crap, it’s not like I don’t have enough to read. I like that the Board now gives counts for how many people followed each link. No prizes for guessing which title had the most. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216/5 "2023-08-10T20:46:05Z")
What do they have to sink their teeth into? IIRC, she was extremely vague about Victor’s creation process. No brain of the criminal, or anything like that. When the monster demands his mate, Victor gathers up all the paraphernalia he needs to make one, so no bubbling vats or tilting tables. Seems like most of the novel is just a nightmare- his inability to shake the wretch. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216/6 "2023-08-10T23:41:04Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What do they have to sink their teeth into? There’s plenty of background material to comment on. Geography. The Wollestonecraft relationships with artists and scientists. The books the Monster educates himself from. And there’s plenty on the interpersonal relationships and psychology. If you don’t think there’s a lot there for commentary, try reading the book again. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216/7 "2023-08-10T23:59:49Z")
Like an idiot, I thought they were mostly speculating about the practical aspects of monster building. Why don’t I just download it and see for myself? 🙂