Science
On the Nature of Things (Watson translation)
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Titus Lucretius Carus
Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Ep…
Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane
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Alfred Wegener
Dies ist das erste Buch, in dem Alfred Wegener seine Theorie der Kontinentalverschiebung darlegt. Zeit seines Lebens wurde diese Theorie gr&…
Mathematical Problems
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David Hilbert
Lecture delivered before the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris in 1900 and subsequently published in the Bulletin of the Ame…
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 3 (Gray's Anatomy)
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…
The Light of Egypt Volume II
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Thomas H. Burgoyne
"The Light of Egypt" will be found to be an Occult library in itself, a textbook of esoteric knowledge, setting forth the "wi…
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 5 (Gray's Anatomy)
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…
The Elements of Geology
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William Harmon Norton
Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new text-book is added to those already in th…
Ten Books on Architecture
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augus…
Meteorology; or Weather Explained
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J. G. M'Pherson
Weather Explained: Fog, clouds, rain, haze, thunder, cyclones, dew point and how to count dust motes are just a few of the 35 topics covered…
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 1
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Charles Darwin
A book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutiona…
Madam How and Lady Why
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Charles Kingsley
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book ha…
The New Atlantis
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Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon
In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where p…
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
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Mary Everest Boole
Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…
Organic Gardener's Composting
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Steve Solomon
The art and science of composting is presented in a humorous and readable manner from the basic elements to the in-depth science. An entire …
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roos…
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers and United States Army Corps Of Engineers
This is the official report, published nearly 11 months after the first and only atomic bombings in history (to date), of a group of militar…
Creative Chemistry
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Edwin E. Slosson
Slosson reviews the transformation of alchemistry from an obscure and imprecise practice to the science of chemistry. Along the way, he expl…
Secrets of the Woods
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William J. Long
The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without thi…
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1…
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Roald Amundsen
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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Edward J. Ruppelt
'Straight from the horse's mouth', as they say. Edward Ruppelt was the first head of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book, the official pr…