Science

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 Elements of Geology

by William Harmon Norton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new text-book is added to those already in th…

Gardening Without Irrigation

by Steve Solomon Read by Betsie Bush 4.7
Gardening expert Steve Solomon has written extensively on gardening techniques for the home gardener. Water conservation is the focus of thi…

Radioactive Substances

by Marie Curie Read by Availle 4.9
Marie Curie, born in Warsaw in 1867, was a Polish-French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in th…

The Science - History of the Universe

by Francis Rolt-Wheeler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Science - History of the Universe offers a comprehensive exploration of astronomy, tracing the evolution of human understanding of the c…

An Introduction to the History of Science

by Walter Libby Read by Steven Seitel 4.8
A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts…

Chemical Phenomena in Life

by Frederick Czapek Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.6
Published in 1911 as part of the "Harper's Library of Living Thought," this volume presents an introduction to the chemistry of ce…

Old-Time Makers of Medicine

by James Joseph Walsh Read by LivelyHive 4.6
Dr. Walsh's Old-Time Makers of Medicine chronicles the history and development of modern medicine from ancient times up to the discovery of …

Handbook of Nature-Study

by Anna Botsford Comstock Read by Jill Engle 4.9
Handbook of Nature-Study was written by Anna Botsford Comstock during an era of growing societal concern for man's treatment of the natural …

The Elements of Botany

by Asa Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
The book is intended to ground beginners in Structural Botany and the principles of vegetable life, mainly as concerns Flowering or Phanerog…

Opticks

by Isaac Newton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton lectured on optics from 1670 - 1672. He worked on refraction of light into colored beams using prisms …

The New Organon

by Francis Bacon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new instrument". This is a …

The Monadology

by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Read by Gary Geck 4.7
The Monadology (La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text w…

Sidelights on Relativity

by Albert Einstein Read by Paul Adams 4.6
Sidelights on Relativity offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of history's greatest scientific thinkers, Albert Einstein. This colle…

The Science - History of the Universe

by Francis Rolt-Wheeler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The fifth volume is on Biology written by Caroline E. Stackpole. It discusses b…

Anticipations

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine.…

Brewing

by Alfred Chaston Chapman Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Brewing by Alfred Chaston Chapman delves into the intricate world of beer production, revealing its profound connections to scientific advan…

The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained

by Henry Parker Manning Read by Availle 4.5
In January 1909 a friend of the Scientific American paid the sum of 500$ which was to be awarded as a prize for the best popular explanation…

Principles of Geology

by Charles Lyell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation is a b…

The World's Lumber Room

by Selina Gaye Read by Ruth Golding 4.8
If this book were written today, it would be called "The Story of the World's Rubbish".That may not sound a promising subject for …

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