Science
- Explorations in Nature and Science
- Chronicles of Scientific Discovery
- Exploring Health Through Science
- Explorations in Science and Thought
A History of Astronomy
In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages. We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occu…
Icarus
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…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Explore a diverse array of thought-provoking essays and reports in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated …
Book of the Damned
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types o…
Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development
Francis Galton, credited with the discovery of identification by fingerprinting, also took a long term interest in the study of biometrics. …
Short Nonfiction Collection
"It is a foolish thing to speak on every kind of work, for he that disputeth thy words shall put them unto proof." Proverbs of Fai…
Generation of Animals
Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium) Bo…
The Andes and The Amazon
This book, with the subtitle "Across the Continent of South America" describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial…
The Story of Eclipses
Solar eclipses have both frightened and fascinated humankind for thousands of years. At first believed to be caused by angry gods punishing …
A Text-book of Assaying
This is a formal but relaxed text covering assaying techniques for most of the substances which are mined. As the authors say: "At firs…
Microbe Hunters
Microbe Hunters provides dramatized accounts of eleven early pioneers of microbiology and their important discoveries. Beginning in 1650 wit…
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
The 21st Century, so far, has seen a dramatic and widespread questioning of "Science", much of it from "Evangelicals". B…
Little Masterpieces of Science
Another in the series "Little Masterpieces of Science" edited by George Iles, Mind is a collection of articles and book chapters t…
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…
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 Outline of Science
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland …
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
In Volume 2 of “The Personal Narrative”, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland continue their travels, beginning at 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…
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…