Science
The Outline of Science, Vol 4
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J. Arthur Thomson
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…
Sea Stories for Wonder Eyes
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Mary Earle Hardy
Water is fascinating! Which child is not delighted by the sea shore, by rivers, even by puddles in the street? This little book explains to …
Philosophy
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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a well known mathematician, philosopher, and author. First published in England under the title "An Outline of Ph…
Little Masterpieces of Science - Invention and Discovery
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George Iles
A collection of essays on various inventions and scientific discoveries, this volume of Little Masterpieces of Science from 1902 includes to…
Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects
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Hermann Von Helmholtz
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…
Little Masterpieces of Science - Mind
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George Iles
Another in the series "Little Masterpieces of Science" edited by George Iles, Mind is a collection of articles and book chapters t…
What is Darwinism?
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Charles Hodge
This is a question which needs an answer. Great confusion and diversity of opinion prevail as to the real views of the man whose writings ha…
Water Wonders Every Child Should Know
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Jean M. Thompson
Water: essential for life and in much of the world, we take it for granted. In this work, Jean Thompson explains various aspects of the wate…
Icarus; or, The Future of Science
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Bertrand Russell
In this short book, Russell speculates on the effect of the progress of science in the future in a vast array of subjects, ranging from phys…
Microbe Hunters
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Paul De Kruif
Microbe Hunters provides dramatized accounts of eleven early pioneers of microbiology and their important discoveries. Beginning in 1650 wit…
Wilderness Babies
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Julia Augusta Schwartz
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…
Trees, Shown to the Children
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C. E. Smith
A charming and informative volume about the trees one might find in one's backyard and farther environs. A touch of science and a love of be…
Science and the Modern World
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Alfred North Whitehead
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…
Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks
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May Farinholt Jones
"The child's mind dwells constantly in the realm of imagination; dry facts are too prosaic to enter this realm. The "Land of Story…
A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments
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Unknown
This collection of projects and experiments was submitted by Rufus Tuttle, following an Act of Congress promoting education and learning. Th…
How To Have Bird Neighbors
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S. Louise Patteson
The author provides the listener with anecdotes from her life of her experiences with birds. She describes their habits and antics, their fo…
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume One
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Andrew Dickson White
The 21st Century, so far, has seen a dramatic and widespread questioning of "Science", much of it from "Evangelicals". B…
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume Two
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Andrew Dickson White
"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference m…
The History of Esculent Fish
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Roger North
Roger North, son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, was a successful member of the bar and later member of parliament. But he had wide rangi…
Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking
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William Scott Tebb
William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the mak…