Science

Dinosaurs

by William Diller Matthew Read by Jeffery 4.8
America has had a fascination with dinosaurs, particularly since the wild enthusiasm of Jurassic Park and its sequels. The term "dinosa…

A History of Astronomy

by Walter W. Bryant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages. We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occu…

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…

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…

History of Chemistry

by Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.5
A history of the advances in chemistry, in the fields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry from the mid-nineteenth century through t…

The Mysterious Universe

by James Jeans 4.4
One of the earliest of the popular science book genre, it is a philosophical summary of the new physics of the era by a leading British phys…

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…

The Science - History of the Universe

by Francis Rolt-Wheeler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The third volume is on physics written by George Matthew and on electricity wri…

Science in Short Chapters

by W. Mattieu Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is a collection of articles written by W. Mattieu Williams on different subjects, that in his opinion "are likely to be interestin…

The Concept of Nature

by Alfred North Whitehead Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
In The Concept of Nature, Alfred North Whitehead discusses the interrelatedness of time, space, and human perception.The idea of objects as …

The Fairyland of Science

by Arabella B. Buckley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"I have promised to introduce you today to the fairy-land of science, -- a somewhat bold promise, seeing that most of you probably look…

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 …

Pioneers of Science

by Oliver Lodge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
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 Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

Microbe Hunters

by Paul De Kruif Read by Warren Kati 4.5
Microbe Hunters provides dramatized accounts of eleven early pioneers of microbiology and their important discoveries. Beginning in 1650 wit…

The Bubonic Plague

by Rai Bahadur A. Mitra Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Dr. Rai Bahadur A. Mitra who was the Chief Medical Officer in Kashmir presents a short treatise on the bubonic plague. The book ranges from …

The Einstein Theory of Relativity

by Hendrik A. Lorentz Read by Availle 4.4
When Albert Einstein published his first paper on relativity theory, it caused a stir in the physicists' community. When more and more evide…

Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution

by Agnes Arber Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to cat…

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

Volcanoes and Vulcanology

by Various Read by J. M. Smallheer 5
This is a collection of short scientific articles on the study of volcanoes and related seismic activity published in Knowledge, A Monthly R…

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