Category Archives: Science
Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
Author(s): Edward Tyson Allen Written by a forester, this book aims to educate people on...
Philosophy
Author(s): Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell was a well known mathematician, philosopher, and author. First published...
Easy Lessons in Einstein
Author(s): Edwin E. Slosson Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of...
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants
Author(s): Arthur Robert Harding When the price of Ginseng advanced some years ago hundreds engaged...
Creative Chemistry
Author(s): Edwin E. Slosson Slosson reviews the transformation of alchemistry from an obscure and imprecise...
Evolution Creatrice
Author(s): Henri Bergson Creative Evolution (French: L’Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher...
Life of a Fossil Hunter
Author(s): Charles Sternberg Charles Sternberg was an American fossil collector and paleontologist. He was active...
On the Various Forces of Nature
Author(s): Michael Faraday A non-mathematical survey of the fundamental forces of nature and some relationships...
Book of Love
Author(s): Paolo Mantegazza Translated from Italian, it delves into the physiology of love from a...
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
Author(s): Peter Kropotkin Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin...
Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century
Author(s): Agnes Mary Clerke A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century was thought...
History of Chemistry, Volume II. From 1850-1910
Author(s): Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe A history of the advances in chemistry, in the fields...
Mars and Its Canals
Author(s): Percival Lowell In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they...
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air
Author(s): Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher,...
Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1
Author(s): Edmond Halley “The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most...
Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Author(s): National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spi On April 20, 2010, the...
Marvels of Modern Science
Author(s): Paul Severing The purpose of this little book is to give a general idea...
Chemical Phenomena in Life
Author(s): Frederick Czapek Published in 1911 as part of the “Harper’s Library of Living Thought,”...
Essay on the Principle of Population
Author(s): Thomas Malthus The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the...
Amusements in Mathematics
Author(s): Henry Ernest Dudeney AMUSEMENTS IN MATHEMATICSby HENRY ERNEST DUDENEYPREFACEIn issuing this volume of my...
Prehistoric Men
Author(s): Robert J. Braidwood This little book, first published in 1948, is part of the...
Dead Men Tell Tales
Author(s): Harry Rimmer “Dead men tell no tales” was a common adage before the days...
Malaria in Greek History
Author(s): William Henry Samuel JonesEdward Theodore Withington This book is an attempt to correct and...
Report of the President’s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island
Author(s): President’s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Is At 4:00 a.m. on March...
Mushrooms and Toadstools (Third Edition)
Author(s): Worthington George Smith This is a useful, but not comprehensive description of both edible...
Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development
Author(s): Sir Francis Galton Francis Galton, credited with the discovery of identification by fingerprinting, also...
Civilization and Climate
Author(s): Ellsworth Huntington This book presents the science of geography one step further than just...
Man and His Ancestor: A Study in Evolution
Author(s): Charles Morris An examination of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and subsequent texts, written...
Nature’s Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration
Author(s): Elisha Gray Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric...
Food Values
Author(s): Dr. Albert Philip Sy A short pamphlet from WWI, a sequel of sorts to...