Science
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 …
Little Masterpieces of Science
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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…
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…
Icarus
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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…
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…
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…
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…
A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
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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…
Pierre Curie
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Marie Curie
This biography of the noted French physicist Pierre Curie was written by his wife, the renowned physicist Marie Curie. In it, she not only c…
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
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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…
Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology
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Various
Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin.In the…
The Progress of Invention
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Edward Wright Byrn
The 1800s saw a meteoric rise in modern technology in many areas. The century set the stage for modern life with developments such as the el…
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny
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Pliny the Elder and John S. White
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 …