Science Books
An Anatomical Disquisition on the Motion of the Heart & Blood in Animals
William HarveyThe discovery made by Harvey was this: That the blood passed from the heart into the arteries, thence to the veins, by which it was brought back to the heart again; that the blood moved more or less i..
The A B C of Relativity
Bertrand RussellEverybody knows that Einstein has done something astonishing, but very few people know exactly what it is that he has done. The same sort of change was demanded by Copernicus, when he taught that the ..
The Hunting Wasps
Jean-Henri FabreThere are for each one of us, according to his turn of mind, certain books that open up horizons hitherto undreamed of and mark an epoch in our mental life. They fling wide the gates of a new world wh..
Dairy Disagreeables Busy the Bacteriologists
F. H. HallThis bitter flavor is not the same as the bitterness quite common in milk and cream at certain seasons of the year; as the milk itself tasted and smelled all right until well along in the process of c..
The Fourth Dimension
Charles Howard HintonA splendidly clear re-statement of the old problem of the fourth dimension. All who are interested in this subject will find the work not only fascinating, but lucid, it being written in a style easil..
Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates Vol 1 of 2
Alexander von HumboldtThe twofold aim of the present work (a carefully prepared and executed attempt to enhance the enjoyment of Nature by animated description, and at the same time to increase in proportion to the state o..
More Beetles
Jean-Henri FabreThis life of junketing has already lasted a fortnight without producing satiety. Such a protracted banquet is not frequent; we do not find it even in the Dung-beetles, who are zealous eaters. When the..
The Strangest Things in the World
Thomas R. HenryThe author is one of the world’s best-known and most respected science writers. This book is a personal and unique distillation of the wisdom he has developed in a lifetime of dealing with man’s effor..