Life Sciences

The Genetic Effects of Radiation

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Isaac Asimov


This is a book in the "Understanding the Atom Series" from the Division of Technical Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. …

Half Hours With the Lower Animals

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Charles Holder


This book is devoted to the study of invertebrate animals. While most people associate the word "animal" with fish, amphibians, re…

Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850

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John Woodhouse Audubon


John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's Ca…

Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879

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John Muir


When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown hi…

The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography

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Jean-Henri Fabre


The title tells all, along with other observations on insect life from the famed accidental entomologist of 19th Century France.. - Summary …

Micrographia

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Robert Hooke


Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

Our Vanishing Wild Life

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William T. Hornaday


We are weary of witnessing the greed, selfishness and cruelty of "civilized" man toward the wild creatures of the earth. We are si…

The Elements of Mammalogy

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William Ruschenberger


The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This s…

Generation of Animals

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Aristotle


Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium) Bo…

Infection and Immunity

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George M. Sternberg


Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…

A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used…

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Richard Mead


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…

The Book of Love

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Paolo Mantegazza


Translated from Italian, it delves into the physiology of love from a scientific standpoint, in beautiful writing.

Man and His Ancestor: A Study in Evolution

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Charles Morris


An examination of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and subsequent texts, written for the general public at the turn of the twentieth cen…

Beknopte uiteenzetting van de theorie van Darwin over het ontstaan der plant- e…

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Julius Dub


Populair-wetenschappelijke, verkorte weergave van Charles Darwins baanbrekende boek "Het ontstaan der soorten", ca. 10 jaar na de …

Dragons of the Air

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Harry Seeley


Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th cent…

Notes of An East Coast Naturalist

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Arthur Henry Patterson


Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist with an immeasurable knowledge and perspicacity of the Broadland region’s flora and faun…

Little Masterpieces of Science - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer

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George Iles


Another in the series of Little Masterpieces in Science, The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer includes essays and excerpts from the works …

Wildwood Ways

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Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a journey among the wild woods and ponds alerting us to their many inhabitants. He points…

Man and Nature on the Broads

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Arthur Henry Patterson


From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosy…

Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity

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Robert N Bader, Donald J Coxwell and Thomas R. Johnson


In recent years the number of people interested in keeping amphibians and reptiles in captivity has grown rapidly. All too often, these same…

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