Science

A Problem in Modern Ethics

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John Addington Symonds


“Society lies under the spell of ancient terrorism and coagulated errors. Science is either wilfully hypocritical or radically misinformed.”…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 1

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National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 2

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Charles Darwin


Part 2 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great boo…

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution

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Peter Kropotkin


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…

The Concept of Nature

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Alfred North Whitehead


In The Concept of Nature, Alfred North Whitehead discusses the interrelatedness of time, space, and human perception.The idea of objects as …

Die Helden des Dampfes

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Karl May


Der dreiteilige Aufsatz über Die Helden des Dampfes wurde mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit von Karl May verfaßt und veröffentlic…

Opticks

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Isaac Newton


The famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton lectured on optics from 1670 - 1672. He worked on refraction of light into colored beams using prisms …

Science and Hypothesis

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Henri Poincaré


Jules Henri Poincaré (1854 – 1912) was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of scien…

Topics

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Aristotle


The Topics is is the fifth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). The Topic…

The Romance of Modern Chemistry

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James C. Philip


A fascinating look back at the state of the art of chemistry 100 years ago, this book by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of che…

Canyons of the Colorado

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John Wesley Powell


John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

By Pond and River

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Arabella B. Buckley


In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exp…

The Outline of Science, Vol 1 (Solo)

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J. Arthur Thomson


In The Outline of Science, Thomson gives us a window into scientific thinking as it stood in 1922 on the big, the little, and the biological…

Tom Swift and His Sky Racer

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Victor Appleton


A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but hi…

Wild Life in Woods and Fields

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Arabella B. Buckley


Wild Life in Woods and Fields by Arabella B. Buckley is a collection of stories that will encourage children to become little naturalists an…

The Chemical History of A Candle

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Michael Faraday


The Chemical History of a Candle is a series of 6 lectures on chemistry presented to a juvenile audience in 1848. Taught by Michael Faraday …

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 3

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Charles Darwin


III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.Part 3 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, …

Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

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W. G. Aitchison Robertson


A 1922 source-book for British criminal pathologists, this will be of particular interest to fans of popular police forensics television sho…

Sophistical Elenchi

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Aristotle


The Sophistical Elenchi is the sixth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument").…

The Autobiography of an Electron

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Charles R. Gibson


"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very im…

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