Science
Sex
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Henry Stanton
Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although conservative and moralistic) gu…
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
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Thornton W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals…
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 1 (Gray's Anatomy)
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…
Sidelights on Relativity
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Albert Einstein
Sidelights on Relativity contains ETHER AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, an address delivered on May 5th, 1920, in the University of Leyden; an…
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
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Thornton W. Burgess
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…
The Story of Electricity
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John Munro
In the book's preface, the author writes: "Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service …
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
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M. M. Pattison Muir
A light journey through the history of chemistry, from its start in the obscure mysteries of alchemy to what was, for the author, the cuttin…
Anticipations
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H. G. Wells
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.…
The Necessity of Atheism
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David Marshall Brooks
Plain speaking is necessary in any discussion of religion, for if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas with hesitation, the orthodox…
Pioneers of Science
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Oliver Lodge
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. …
The Fairy Tales of Science
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John Cargill Brough
This book, written in the mid 19th century and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, provides an entertaining introduction to topics in science…
Physics
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Aristotle
Physics (Greek: Φυσικὴ ἀκρόασις; Latin: Physica, or Physicae Auscultationes) discusses concepts including: substance, accident, the infinite…
South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
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Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic to the Ross …
On Generation and Corruption
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Aristotle
On Generation and Corruption (Ancient Greek: Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, Latin: De Generatione et Corruptione, also known as On Coming to Be a…
The Hindu Book of Astrology
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Bhakti Seva
”Each person is born in or under one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac and is thus influenced throughout life by the planetary conditions at…
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 4 (Gray's Anatomy)
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…
The Voyage of the Beagle
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Charles Darwin
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 Flying Saucers are Real
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Donald Keyhoe
The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs b…
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 2 (Gray's Anatomy)
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…
Vegetarianism and Occultism
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C. W. Leadbeater
How does occultism regard vegetarianism? It regards it very favorably, and that for many reasons. These reasons may be divided into two clas…