Science

The Burgess Animal Book for Children

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals…

The Story Book of Science

by Jean-Henri Fabre Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nat…

The Burgess Bird Book for Children

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Je…

Secrets of the Woods

by William J. Long Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without thi…

Great Astronomers

by Robert Stawell Ball Read by MaryAnn 4.7
Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astro…

The Flying Saucers are Real

by Donald Keyhoe Read by Roger Melin 4.6
The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs b…

The Voyage of the Beagle

by Charles Darwin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal…

The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects

by Edward J. Ruppelt Read by Roger Melin 4.7
'Straight from the horse's mouth', as they say. Edward Ruppelt was the first head of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book, the official pr…

Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy

by Isaac Asimov Read by Blane Aden McKoy 4.7
This is a short booklet on science fact commissioned by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration (Office of Public Affairs).…

The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

by M. M. Pattison Muir Read by Peter Yearsley 4.6
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry invites listeners on an enlightening exploration of the evolution of chemistry, tracing…

The Secret of Everyday Things

by Jean-Henri Fabre Read by MaryAnn 4.6
The Secret of Everyday Things invites listeners into the fascinating world of nature through the eyes of renowned French naturalist Jean-Hen…

The Origin Of Species

by Charles Darwin Read by Michael Armenta 4.7
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a groundbreaking work that laid the foundation for the field of evolutionary biology. In this sem…

My Inventions and Other Works

by Nikola Tesla Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these wo…

Ways of Wood Folk

by William J. Long Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us in to the secret worlds of the woodland animals. Containing Long's own animal …

The Chemical History of A Candle

by Michael Faraday Read by Availle 4.9
The Chemical History of a Candle is a series of 6 lectures on chemistry presented to a juvenile audience in 1848. Taught by Michael Faraday …

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
In The Outline of Science, Thomson gives us a window into scientific thinking as it stood in 1922 on the big, the little, and the biological…

History of Astronomy

by George Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by re…

The Story of Electricity

by John Munro Read by Ruth Golding 4.5
In the book's preface, the author writes: "Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service …

Rocks and Their Origins

by Grenville A. J. Cole Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.6
Do you know the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Are you interested in their geologic origin, chemical compos…

The ABC of Relativity

by Bertrand Russell Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 4.9
The ABC of Relativity clearly and engagingly explains Einstein's Theory of Relativity to the layperson. It is considered to be a significant…

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