Science

Woman in Science

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John Augustine Zahm


A history of woman's role in science through the ages and the many contributions she has made. (summary by Guero)

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…

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Alexander Von Humboldt


In Volume 2 of “The Personal Narrative”, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland continue their travels, beginning at L…

The Insect Folk

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Margaret Warner Morley


Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her student…

First Fifty Digits of Pi

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Scott Hemphill


56 flavors of Pi proudly produced by LibriVox volunteers to celebrate Pi Day, 2008. (3/14) Don't worry, you don't have to listen to an infin…

Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…

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Hans Gross


Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

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John Burroughs


Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, f…

Is Mars Habitable?

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Alfred Russel Wallace


In 1907 Wallace wrote the short book Is Mars Habitable? to criticize the claims made by Percival Lowell that there were Martian canals built…

The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews


The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast

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George Sutherland


This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, pre…

The Seven Follies of Science

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John Phin


The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve…

An Introduction to the History of Science

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Walter Libby


A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts…

A General View of Positivism

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Auguste Comte


Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

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Henry M. Field


Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stret…

LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


What do you do for a sixth anniversary? We challenged our readers to find any short works which had 'six' in the title - in any language. Th…

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures

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Arabella B. Buckley


"The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science. …

History of Farming in Ontario

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C. C. James


This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888…

The Tree-Dwellers

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Katharine Elizabeth Dopp


Katharine E. Dopp was well-known as a teacher and writer of children's textbooks at the turn of the 20th Century. She was among the first e…

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