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Food Values - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
Food Values - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Author: Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Genre: Science / Self-Help
A short pamphlet from WWI, a sequel of sorts to "Food Preparedness." It first describes basic nutrition and things to consider when choosing what foods to eat, then lists various foods and their amount of calories, carbohydrates, fats, proteins,...
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin
- Author: Charles Darwin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. The book’s full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the...
The Extermination of the American Bison - William T. Hornaday
The Extermination of the American Bison - William T. Hornaday
- Author: William T. Hornaday
- Genre: Science
The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds, became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and...
Treatise on Light - Christiaan Huygens
Treatise on Light - Christiaan Huygens
- Author: Christiaan Huygens
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book explains how light travels (i.e., that it has a certain velocity), and what happens when it hits a surface...
The Elements of Entomology - William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Entomology - William Ruschenberger
- Author: William Ruschenberger
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The Elements of Entomology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook from 1845 that presents an introduction to entomology. The author was a surgeon...
Insect Stories - Vernon Kellogg
Insect Stories - Vernon Kellogg
- Author: Vernon Kellogg
- Genre: Science
These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, and his little friend Mary, start by collecting Tarantula Holes and proceed to observe spiders, ant lions,...
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers - John Burroughs
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers - John Burroughs
- Author: John Burroughs
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, fishing, walking—than has John Burroughs. His books are redolent of the soil, and have such "freshness and...
Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It - William Walker Atkinson
Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Science
An in-depth series of chapters devoted to the use of our memory system; as the title suggests, how to develop our memory system, how to train it to improve it, and how to make the best use of it in our everyday lives, and to improve our positions in...
Stories of Inventors - Russell Doubleday
Stories of Inventors - Russell Doubleday
- Author: Russell Doubleday
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Science
Doubleday chronicles the history of everyday inventions that form the foundation of technology now common through the world. While some of the inventions are no longer used, each example shows how inventors contributed to technology through...
Apis Mellifica - C. W. Wolf
Apis Mellifica - C. W. Wolf
- Author: C. W. Wolf
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Science
Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experience as a practicing physician. (Summary by Marie Daum)...
The World of Sound - Sir William Henry Bragg
The World of Sound - Sir William Henry Bragg
- Author: Sir William Henry Bragg
- Genre: Science
The World of Sound consists of six lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution, Christmas 1919. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal...
An Elementary Study of Insects - Leonard Haseman
An Elementary Study of Insects - Leonard Haseman
- Author: Leonard Haseman
- Genre: Science
An overview of notable insect groups intended for the young reader. Focus is on economically important insects. (Summary by Jeffery Smith)...
Light Science for Leisure Hours - Richard A. Proctor
Light Science for Leisure Hours - Richard A. Proctor
- Author: Richard A. Proctor
- Genre: Science
In preparing these Essays, my chief object has been to present scientific truths in a light and readable form—clearly and simply, but with an exact adherence to the facts as I see them. I have followed—here and always—the rule of trying to explain...
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2 - National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Nature / Science / Travel & Geography
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: Africa, its Past and Future Reports on: Geography of the Land Geography of the Sea Geography of the Air Geography of Life (Summary by Guero)...
Wild Life in Woods and Fields - Arabella B. Buckley
Wild Life in Woods and Fields - Arabella B. Buckley
- Author: Arabella B. Buckley
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Science
Wild Life in Woods and Fields by Arabella B. Buckley is a collection of stories that will encourage children to become little naturalists and explore the majesty of the great outdoors. This is science taught in such a charming, delightful way that...
Science and Hypothesis - Henri POINCARÉ
Science and Hypothesis - Henri POINCARÉ
- Author: Henri POINCARÉ
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854 – 1912) was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science. As a mathematician and physicist, he made many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied...
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.2 - Alexander von Humboldt
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.2 - Alexander von Humboldt
- Author: Alexander von Humboldt
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science
In Volume 2 of “The Personal Narrative”, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland continue their travels, beginning at Lake Valencia in the llanos of Venezuela and then travelling the mighty South American river, the Orinoco, and its...
The Insect Folk - Margaret Warner Morley
The Insect Folk - Margaret Warner Morley
- Author: Margaret Warner Morley
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Science
Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her students to observe and ask questions. This is a wonderful science text for young children. (Summary by Laura...
The World's Lumber Room - Selina Gaye
The World's Lumber Room - Selina Gaye
- Author: Selina Gaye
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
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 a book, but we are taken on a journey all over the world (and beyond) to explain the many varieties of dust and refuse...
Curiosities of the Sky - Garrett P. Serviss
Curiosities of the Sky - Garrett P. Serviss
- Author: Garrett P. Serviss
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Astronomy is known as the oldest of the sciences, and it will be the longest-lived because it will always have arcana that have not been penetrated."-Excerpt from the Preface of Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Serviss...
Wilderness Babies - Julia Augusta Schwartz
Wilderness Babies - Julia Augusta Schwartz
- Author: Julia Augusta Schwartz
- Genre: Science
This book tells the stories of some of the baby mammals of the wilderness,—how they grow and learn day by day to take care of themselves. In hollow trees or down under water among the lily leaves, in the cool sea or on the rugged mountains, on the...
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives - United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives - United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- Author: United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- Genre: Political Science / Science
This is a concise yet thorough explanation of what might happen to our world in the aftermath of a nuclear war. The myriad of potential effects will be global and wide-spread. (Summary by Allyson Hester)...
Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volumes 1-3 - Isaac Asimov
Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volumes 1-3 - Isaac Asimov
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- Genre: Science
This is a short booklet on science fact commissioned by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration (Office of Public Affairs). It tells the story of the origins of nuclear physics in terms understandable to an audience with minimal...
Star Stories for Little Folks - Gertrude Chandler Warner
Star Stories for Little Folks - Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
Gertrude Chandler Warner, known mainly for her "Boxcar Children" series of mystery books, published this small book of Astronomy, Constellations, and the stories behind them in 1918. It follows the story of a little girl named Helen, and her friend...
Stories of the Cave People - Mary Marcy
Stories of the Cave People - Mary Marcy
- Author: Mary Marcy
- Genre: Science / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
"In this little book I have sought, in a series of stories or sketches, to present only the first steps in human progress. Man has risen from a stage of lowest savagery, little higher than the apes, buffeted by the hand of Nature, dependent upon the...
The Outline of Science, Vol 3 - J. Arthur Thomson
The Outline of Science, Vol 3 - J. Arthur Thomson
- Author: J. Arthur Thomson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects ranging from astronomy to biology to elementary physics in clear, concise and easily understood prose, this...
How to Succeed - Orison Swett Marden
How to Succeed - Orison Swett Marden
- Author: Orison Swett Marden
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science / Self-Help
In this volume, Orison Swett Marden explains the road to success in simple terms for the benefit of anyone, who wishes to follow in his footsteps. Over 100 years after publication, most of these lessons are still valid today....
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki - United States Army Corps of Engineers
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki - United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Author: United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Science
This is the official report, published nearly 11 months after the first and only atomic bombings in history (to date), of a group of military physicians and engineers who accompanied the initial contingent of U.S. soldiers into the destroyed cities...
First Fifty Digits of Pi - Scott HEMPHILL
First Fifty Digits of Pi - Scott HEMPHILL
- Author: Scott HEMPHILL
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Science
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 infinite string of numbers: each reader presents just the first 50 digits in styles of their own choosing. In...
The Elements of Botany - William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Botany - William Ruschenberger
- Author: William Ruschenberger
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The Elements of Botany is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook that presents a solid introduction to plant science. (Summary by A.Gramour)...
A Selection of 19th Century Scientific Verse - Various
A Selection of 19th Century Scientific Verse - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Science
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for discoveries in branches of science such as botany, astronomy and medicine to be described in book-length treatises in verse. By the end of the 19th century this mode of popularising science was...
Psychopathology of Everyday Life - Sigmund Freud
Psychopathology of Everyday Life - Sigmund Freud
- Author: Sigmund Freud
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Science
Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria and compulsion neurosis. By discarding the old methods of treatment and strictly applying himself to a study of...
Sidelights on Relativity - Albert EINSTEIN
Sidelights on Relativity - Albert EINSTEIN
- Author: Albert EINSTEIN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Sidelights on Relativity contains ETHER AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, an address delivered on May 5th, 1920, in the University of Leyden; and GEOMETRY AND EXPERIENCE, an expanded form of an address to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin on...
Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 1 - Anna Botsford COMSTOCK
Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 1 - Anna Botsford COMSTOCK
- Author: Anna Botsford COMSTOCK
- Genre: Science / Nature
Handbook of Nature-Study was written by Anna Botsford Comstock during an era of growing societal concern for man's treatment of the natural world. Out of this concern grew the nature study movement which sought to teach science to school children...
A General View of Positivism - Auguste COMTE
A General View of Positivism - Auguste COMTE
- Author: Auguste COMTE
- Genre: History / Philosophy / Science
Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “discovered the principal laws of Sociology." Comte says Reason has become habituated to revolt but that doesn’t...
The Autobiography of an Electron - Charles R. GIBSON
The Autobiography of an Electron - Charles R. GIBSON
- Author: Charles R. GIBSON
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very important part which we play in the workaday world. It was for this reason that my fellow-electrons urged me to...
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution - Peter KROPOTKIN
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution - Peter KROPOTKIN
- Author: Peter KROPOTKIN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin on the subject of mutual aid, written while he was living in exile in England. It was first published by William Heinemann in London in October 1902. The individual chapters had...
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.3 - Alexander von Humboldt
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.3 - Alexander von Humboldt
- Author: Alexander von Humboldt
- Genre: Nature / Science / Travel & Geography
Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland in South and Central America, and the Caribbean. In this volume, they start at Angostura, the capital at that time...
Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 2 - Hans GROSS
Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 2 - Hans GROSS
- Author: Hans GROSS
- Genre: Psychology / Science
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on criminal investigation. This treatise covers everything from the qualities of a good investigating officer...
Mathematical Problems - David HILBERT
Mathematical Problems - David HILBERT
- Author: David HILBERT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Lecture delivered before the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris in 1900 and subsequently published in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 8 (1902), 479-481....