Science

Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development

by Sir Francis Galton Read by Leon Harvey 5
Francis Galton, credited with the discovery of identification by fingerprinting, also took a long term interest in the study of biometrics. …

The Boys' and Girls' Pliny

by Pliny the Elder and John S. White Read by Foon 3.9
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …

Stories of the Cave People

by Mary Marcy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
"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 rise…

The Boys' and Girls' Pliny

by Pliny the Elder Read by Foon 4.3
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …

Little Busybodies

by Jeannette Augustus Marks and Julia Moody Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
These short stories about crickets, ants, bees, beetles and other little busybodies are intended by the two authors to show their children t…

Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 4.5
Bertrand Russell was a well known mathematician, philosopher, and author. First published in England under the title "An Outline of Ph…

Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island

by President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Is, President'S Commission On The Accident At Three Mile Is and President'S Commission On The Accident At Three Mile Island Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
At 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, a serious accident occurred at the Three Mile Island 2 nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Th…

Dead Men Tell Tales

by Harry Rimmer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
"Dead men tell no tales" was a common adage before the days of forensic science. In this book, the well-known evangelist and scien…

The Nobel Prize

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The Nobel Prizes are international awards bestowed once a year by Scandinavian committees for cultural and scientific advances. They were es…

Beknopte uiteenzetting van de theorie van Darwin

by Julius Dub Read by Edith van der Have-Raats 3.5
Populair-wetenschappelijke, verkorte weergave van Charles Darwins baanbrekende boek "Het ontstaan der soorten", ca. 10 jaar na de …

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

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…

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…

Little Masterpieces of Science

by George Iles Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Another in the series "Little Masterpieces of Science" edited by George Iles, Mind is a collection of articles and book chapters t…

Icarus

by Bertrand Russell Read by S. Emily Lee 4.6
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…

Sea Stories for Wonder Eyes

by Mary Earle Hardy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
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 …

Little Masterpieces of Science

by George Iles Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A collection of essays on various inventions and scientific discoveries, this volume of Little Masterpieces of Science from 1902 includes to…

What is Darwinism?

by Charles Hodge Read by InTheDesert 4
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…

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