Science

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…

Marvels of Modern Science

by Paul Severing Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The purpose of this little book is to give a general idea of a few of the great achievements of our time. For instance, the flying machine i…

Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement

by Alva Agee Read by KHand 4.7
This book is not a technical treatise and is designed only to point out the plain, every-day facts in the natural scheme of making and keepi…

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…

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 Text-book of Assaying

by Cornelius Beringer, Cornelius Beringerandjohn Jacob Beringer and Cornelius 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…

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…

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…

Familiar Letters on Chemistry

by Justus Von Liebig Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In Familiar Letters on Chemistry, Justus von Liebig, a pioneering German chemist, shares his insights on the vital role of chemistry in soci…

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…

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…

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…

Science and the Modern World

by Alfred North Whitehead Read by Peter Tucker 4.8
It is fortunate that in the twentieth century, science and philosophy are beginning to be united in the same person as they were in the seve…

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…

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…

The World of Sound

by Sir William Henry Bragg Read by Ruth Golding 4.2
The World of Sound consists of six lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution, Christmas 1919. The Royal Institu…

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…

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