Science
- Explorations in Nature and Science
- Chronicles of Scientific Discovery
- Exploring Health Through Science
- Explorations in Science and Thought
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…
Histology of the Blood
This is a textbook on the science of blood and bloodwork by (1908) Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. Should appeal to hematologists, phl…
Psychopathology of Everyday Life
Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria an…
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…
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes
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 Science - History of the Universe
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…
Wood Wanderings
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat.…
Medieval Contributions to Modern Civilisation
The mediaeval contributions to modern civilisation, which are the theme of this book, are twofold.There is the contribution of the idealised…
The Romance of Modern Photography
It is not the author's purpose in the present volume to give any instruction in the practice of photography. There are many works dealing w…
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures
"The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science. …
The Life of the Fly
The Life of the Fly offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of insects through the keen observations of Jean-Henri Fabre, a pioneering e…
The Ocean
Sir John Murray, considered to be the father of modern oceanography, discusses the variations in the depths of oceans, and the methods and i…
Is Mars Habitable?
In 1907 Wallace wrote the short book Is Mars Habitable? to criticize the claims made by Percival Lowell that there were Martian canals built…
U. S. Energy Sector Vulnerabilities
This report—part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to support national climate change adaptation planning through the Interagency Climat…
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side
This is the first issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…
Scientific American Supplement
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…
Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking
William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the mak…
On the Heavens
On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argue…
Zoology
Scientist and prolific author, Ernest Ingersoll, in this book gives as an overview of animal life. Included here are descriptions of sea li…
Trees, Shown to the Children
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…