I have several suggestions for new books. I looked these up in the catalog and they're all on Gutenberg.
Here's the link to the list of books.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/103
All of them are related to physics. J.J. Thomson, Niels Bohr, and Max Planck all have books here that aren't in the catalog. The link is below each title.
Max Planck: (1858 – 1947)
The Theory of Heat Radiation
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40030
Treatise on Thermodynamics
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50880
Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39017
Niels Bohr: (1885 – 1962)
The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution: Three Essays
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47464
On the Quantum Theory of Line Spectra, Part 1 and 2
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47167
J.J. Thomson: (1856 – 1940)
Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36525
I feel really passionate about getting these books recorded. I want very much to be a physicist and I know all three of these names on sight. I can't do a solo project (especially on the Thomson book which is about 600 pages) but I can suggest we record these books.
A few Physics Books
Forgot to say why these books would be good to record...
Max Planck and Niels Bohr were both pioneers of quantum mechanics. I believe it was Planck who first determined how to calculate the energy of a photon. Niels Bohr proposed a model of the atom that was able to account for emissions of light from the atom. J.J. Thomson was another important physicist. He was the guy who discovered the electron.
I think these books would be good to record because they can provide insight into how important branches of modern physics began, in the words of the pioneers themselves.
I don't want to record these books myself. I want them to be group projects, which is why I suggested so many. (I probably misread the post on making suggestions; it said to choose two or three "you would most like to do" and I assumed it was talking about solo projects.) I don't know how to manage projects like these as I'm still a relative newb at LV (I don't think I have even 100 posts yet). I don't have much way of contacting other people who might want to read the book. I'm not sure who would like to engage in books about physics.
Max Planck and Niels Bohr were both pioneers of quantum mechanics. I believe it was Planck who first determined how to calculate the energy of a photon. Niels Bohr proposed a model of the atom that was able to account for emissions of light from the atom. J.J. Thomson was another important physicist. He was the guy who discovered the electron.
I think these books would be good to record because they can provide insight into how important branches of modern physics began, in the words of the pioneers themselves.
I don't want to record these books myself. I want them to be group projects, which is why I suggested so many. (I probably misread the post on making suggestions; it said to choose two or three "you would most like to do" and I assumed it was talking about solo projects.) I don't know how to manage projects like these as I'm still a relative newb at LV (I don't think I have even 100 posts yet). I don't have much way of contacting other people who might want to read the book. I'm not sure who would like to engage in books about physics.
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These look like great suggestions. 
We do have several readers who are interested in science and may want to adopt one or more of these. Thanks for the suggestions!
And by the way, you were mistaken on one point... This was actually your 100th post!
We do have several readers who are interested in science and may want to adopt one or more of these. Thanks for the suggestions!And by the way, you were mistaken on one point... This was actually your 100th post!
I actually would love to take one of these as a solo project, but I kinda signed up for self-mutilation for much of the next nine months. (Pro tip: Don't take five AP courses a semester.) If one of these hasn't already been picked up by a solo reader or a group, I'll try to record one myself.