Mathematics
Mathematical Problems
Read by Prachi Pendse
David Hilbert
Lecture delivered before the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris in 1900 and subsequently published in the Bulletin of the Ame…
A Tangled Tale
Read by Availle
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at …
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
Read by Patricia Oakley
Mary Everest Boole
Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…
Calculus Made Easy
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Silvanus P. Thompson
Calculus Made Easy: Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning which Are Generally Called by the Terrifying …
The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained
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Henry Parker Manning
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…
Prime Numbers
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Unknown
A recording of the first 2000 prime numbers (2-17389). Recommended listening for all math geeks and insomniacs!
Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Read by Paul E J King
W. W. Rouse Ball
This is a history of mathematics from antiquity to the turn of the 20th century. (Summary by Paul King)
The Einstein Theory of Relativity
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Hendrik A. Lorentz
When Albert Einstein published his first paper on relativity theory, it caused a stir in the physicists' community. When more and more evide…
The Fourth Dimension
Read by Peter Yearsley
Charles Howard Hinton
"Mr Hinton tries to explain the theory of the fourth dimension so that the ordinary reasoning mind can get a grasp of what metaphysical…
An Introduction to the History of Science
Read by Steven Seitel
Walter Libby
A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts…
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…
Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1
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Edmond Halley
"The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous ex…
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
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Charles Babbage
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal …
Foundations of Geometry
Read by Jim Wrenholt
David Hilbert
The German mathematician David Hilbert was one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th/early 20th century. Hilbert's 20 axioms we…
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 8: Mathematics
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Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The eighth volume is on Pure Mathematics written by L. Leland Locke and on Math…
The Use of Knowledge in Society
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Friedrich Hayek
An article written from a scholarly point of view in 1945 which critically examines the concept of a planned economy while highlighting the …
The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science
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Ludwig Von Mises
This is the last book that von Mises wrote. It reflects a lifetime of learning and writing about economics as the leader of the Austrian Sch…
Letters on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy, Volume 1 (Letters to a Ger…
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Leonhard Euler
The Letters of Euler to a German Princess have acquired over all Europe a celebrity to which the reputation of the Author, the choice and im…