Science
- Explorations in Nature and Science
- Chronicles of Scientific Discovery
- Exploring Health Through Science
- Explorations in Science and Thought
Civilization and Climate
This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship betwee…
Twentieth Century Inventions
This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, pre…
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference m…
How To Have Bird Neighbors
The author provides the listener with anecdotes from her life of her experiences with birds. She describes their habits and antics, their fo…
Scientific American Supplement
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge launched its first publication in …
Botany, The Story of Plant Life
Botany, The Story of Plant Life, is a charming book explaining plant life. The author chose the format of a chapter for each month to discus…
The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants
A technical report of the experiments and observations performed on various species of twining, tendril-climbing, root-climbing, and leaf-cl…
The Atom and the Ocean
This is one of the publications in the “Understanding the Atom” Series from the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Topics covered include an o…
Woodland Paths
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat…
San Francisco Before And After The Earthquake
As all but Martians know (and who knows, perhaps even they), the city of San Francisco, California, was destroyed by massive earthquake and …
Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk
Canadian zoologist, Austin L. Rand, takes a divergence from his scholarly works on ornithology to give us 60 entertaining sketches of bird l…
The Bee People
"The Honey-bees are buzzy-fuzzy little pepper pots" Thus this wonderful nature writer begins to tell us about bees, their habits, …
Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology
Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin.In the…
Stories of the Cave People
"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…
Water Wonders Every Child Should Know
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 Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion
This is a work written about the plague in France and how to prevent its spread. It is considered an important historical work for the unde…
Scientific American Supplement
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…
Scientific American Supplement
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…
Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary
Published in 1907 by Arthur Henry Patterson, a self-taught local naturalist, Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary was one of his defining books on…
Scientific American Supplement
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…