Science

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom

by Andrew Dickson White Read by John Greenman 5
The 21st Century, so far, has seen a dramatic and widespread questioning of "Science", much of it from "Evangelicals". B…

The Elements of Anatomy and Physiology

by William Ruschenberger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Elements of Anatomy and Physiology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. Th…

A Text-book of Assaying

by Cornelius Beringer, Cornelius Beringerandjohn Jacob Beringer and John Jacob Beringer Read by Peter Yearsley 5
This is a formal but relaxed text covering assaying techniques for most of the substances which are mined. As the authors say: "At firs…

Anatomy of the Human Body

by Henry Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray is a foundational text in the field of anatomy, first published in 1858 and continuously updated thr…

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America

by Alexander Von Humboldt Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.8
In Volume 2 of “The Personal Narrative”, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland continue their travels, beginning at L…

Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects

by Hermann Von Helmholtz Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This presents a summary of many of Hemholtz's areas of research. He investigated the workings of the brain in its appreciation of art and mu…

The Fairy Tales of Science

by John Cargill Brough Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.2
This book, written in the mid 19th century and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, provides an entertaining introduction to topics in science…

An Essay on the Principle of Population

by Thomas Malthus Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.2
In this foundational work, Thomas Malthus explores the relationship between population growth and resources, presenting a stark view of huma…

The Andes and The Amazon

by James Orton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book, with the subtitle "Across the Continent of South America" describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial…

Science and Hypothesis

by Henri Poincaré Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854 – 1912) was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of scien…

Practical Talks by an Astronomer

by Harold Jacoby Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The present volume has not been designed as a systematic treatise on astronomy. There are many excellent books of that kind, suitable for se…

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

by Joseph Priestley Read by LivelyHive 5
Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political th…

Faraday As A Discoverer

by John Tyndall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This is the first of two related Faraday projects. It is about Faraday and deals more with biographical references to Faraday, outlining the…

Radioisotopes in Medicine

by Earl W. Phelan Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.8
Radioisotopes in Medicine is an educational booklet published in 1966 as part of the Understanding the Atom series by the United States Atom…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

Anatomy of the Human Body

by Henry Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray is a foundational text in the field of anatomy, first published in 1858 and continuously updated thr…

The Chemistry of Cookery

by W. Mattieu Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
This book, written in the late 1800s, is a book of chemistry that explains the whys and hows of cooking to trained chefs and laymen alike. T…

A Popular History of Astronomy

by Agnes Mary Clerke Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century was thought to be Agnes Mary Clerke's greatest work. It covers developments mad…

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