College Open Textbooks

Textbooks by Subject
Science


	Anatomy and Physiology of Animals (CC-BY-SA)
	AP Environmental Science (CC-BY)
	CK-12 Earth Science (CC-BY-SA)
	CK-12 Life Science (CC-BY-SA)
	Comparing Stars (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Deserts: Geology and Resources (PD)
	Earth’s Physical Resources: Petroleum (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Earth Science (CC-BY)
	Earth Systems, an Earth Science Course (CC-BY)
	Earthquakes (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Empirical Research Design (CC-NC-BY-SA)
	Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Environmental Science in the 21st Century (custom license)
	Evolution through Natural Selection (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Gene Manipulation in Plants (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Genes, Technology and Policy/The Science (CC-BY-SA)
	Geology of the National Parks (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Geothermal Energy—Clean Power From the Earth’s Heat (PD)
	GIS Commons: An Introductory Textbook on Geographic Information Systems (CC-BY-SA)
	Interactive Science Simulations (CC-BY)
	Internet for Environment (CC-BY-NC)
	Introduction to Climate Dynamics and Climate Modelling (CC-BY-SA)
	An Introduction to Sustainable Energy (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Intro to Physical Oceanography (Custom Copyright)
	Life in the Palaeozoic (CC-BY-SA)
	Nanotechnology (Custom license)
	Nature of Geographic Information (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	The Opensource Handbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CC-BY-SA)
	Our Ocean Planet – Environmental Geoscience in the 21st Century (custom license)
	Outline of American Geography (PD)
	Own You Own Space (CC-BY-NC-ND)
	Physical Geography (CC)
	Plate Tectonics (CC-BY-NC-SA)
	Radioactivity iLab Curricula (CC-BY-SA)
	Science Appreciation: Introduction to Science Literacy (custom license)
	The Science of Healthy Behaviors1 (PD)
	Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation (CC-BY) BoundCopy
	This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics1 (PD)

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License Attributes: BY=Open w/ Attribution. CC=Creative Commons license. GFDL=GNU Free Documentation License. GGPL=GNU General Public License. NC=Non-Commercial. ND=No Derivative Works. PD=Public Domain. SA=Share Alike.

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