Science

Stories of Inventors

by Russell Doubleday Read by LivelyHive 3.7
Doubleday chronicles the history of everyday inventions that form the foundation of technology now common through the world. While some of t…

The Formation of Vegetable Moulds through the Action of Worms

by Charles Darwin Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.5
In this insightful work, Charles Darwin explores the vital role of earthworms in the formation of soil and the broader implications for agri…

MIT7.013S05

by MIT OpenCourseWare
The MIT Biology Department core courses, 7.012, 7.013, and 7.014, all cover the same core material, which includes the fundamental principle…

The Elements of Mammalogy

by William Ruschenberger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This s…

The Science - History of the Universe

by Francis Rolt-Wheeler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The eighth volume is on Pure Mathematics written by L. Leland Locke and on Math…

The Hurricane Hunters

by Ivan Ray Tannehill Read by David Wales 4.6
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the li…

Book of the Damned

by Charles Hoy Fort Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types o…

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report

by Columbia Accident Investigation Board Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In 1981, Columbia became the first spacecraft of its type to fly in Earth orbit and successfully completed 27 missions over more than two de…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Explore a diverse array of thought-provoking essays and reports in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated …

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Ricardo Fernández Montalvo Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"It is a foolish thing to speak on every kind of work, for he that disputeth thy words shall put them unto proof." Proverbs of Fai…

Submerged Forests

by Clement Reid Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Submerged Forests, a volume in the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, is a study of the land beneath the coastal areas and …

The Ocean

by John Murray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Sir John Murray, considered to be the father of modern oceanography, discusses the variations in the depths of oceans, and the methods and i…

Miscellanea Curiosa

by Edmond Halley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
"The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous ex…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Zoology

by Ernest Ingersoll Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Scientist and prolific author, Ernest Ingersoll, in this book gives as an overview of animal life. Included here are descriptions of sea li…

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes

by John Burroughs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, f…

The Seven Follies of Science

by John Phin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The Seven Follies of Science invites listeners on a fascinating journey through the realm of scientific curiosities and impossibilities. Aut…

Scientific American Supplement

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Scientific American claims to be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, have launched its first publication …

On the Heavens

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.6
On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argue…

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 …

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