Life Sciences
Discourses
Read by Barbara Baker
Thomas Henry Huxley
Discourses by Thomas Henry Huxley presents a collection of engaging lectures that delve into the realms of biology and geology. As a promine…
Constructive Beekeeping
Read by Vann Lantz
Ed Clark and Ed H. Clark
The author explores the effects of condensation and evaporation as they relate to the success of a beehive. The results of various experimen…
Aristotle's Masterpiece
Read by Rob Marland
Pseudo-Aristotle
Aristotle's Masterpiece, also known as The Works of Aristotle, the Famous Philosopher, is a sex manual and a midwifery book that was popular…
The Natural History
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Pliny the Elder
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
Het Ontstaan der Soorten
Read by Jozef van Giel
Charles Darwin
Het ontstaan der soorten (Engels: The Origin of Species) is het bekendste boek van de Britse bioloog Charles Darwin. In het boek zet Darwin …
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution
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Agnes Arber
Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to cat…
The Bubonic Plague
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Rai Bahadur A. Mitra
Dr. Rai Bahadur A. Mitra who was the Chief Medical Officer in Kashmir presents a short treatise on the bubonic plague. The book ranges from …
On the Parts of Animals
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
On the Parts of Animals (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΖΩΩΝ ΜΟΡΙΩΝ; Latin: De Partibus Animalium) by Aristotle (ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣ). The first book asks whether anim…
Radioisotopes in Medicine
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Earl W. Phelan
Radioisotopes in Medicine is an educational booklet published in 1966 as part of the Understanding the Atom series by the United States Atom…
Brain and Personality
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William Hanna Thomson
One of the earlier works on brain science, relating what was then known or conjectured about the connection between the physical brain and t…
Dinosaurs
Read by Jeffery
William Diller Matthew
America has had a fascination with dinosaurs, particularly since the wild enthusiasm of Jurassic Park and its sequels. The term "dinosa…
The Extermination of the American Bison
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William T. Hornaday
The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the gra…
The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Joseph Banks
In this Journal, Joseph Banks records almost daily observations of the journey of the ship the Endeavour on the first of James Cook’s voyage…
Natural Theology
Read by Barry Ganong
William Paley
In this early nineteenth-century classic, William Paley assesses how our understanding of nature reflects characteristics of its creator. Fi…
Travels to Oaxaca
Read by Sue Anderson
Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry De Menonville and Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville
Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts …
Sleeping Sickness
Read by Pamela Nagami
Fleming Mant Sandwith
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…
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. …
The Science - History of the Universe
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Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany writ…
Natural Science and Religion
Read by Barry Ganong
Asa Gray
Asa Gray was a highly-regarded botanist at Harvard University and a friend and collaborator of Charles Darwin. As a Christian, Gray was conc…
Animals of the Past
Read by Jeffery
Frederic Lucas
Prior to the emergence of paleontology and comparative anatomy as scientific disciplines at the end of the 18th century, it was generally kn…