Science Books

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation

Hugo de Vries

The purpose of these lectures is to point out the means and methods by which the origin of species and varieties may become an object for experimental inquiry, in the interest of agricultural and hort..

The Ancient Life History of the Earth

Henry Alleyne Nicholson

The Ancient Life History of the Earth, A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science.Preface by author:The study of Palæontology, or the science which is conce..

Valerius Terminus - Of the Interpretation of Nature

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, PC QC was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scient..

Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits

Thomas Bingley

Uncle Thomas resumes his Stories about the Instinct of Animals.—Tells about the Horse, and of the Immense Herds which are to be found on the Plains of South America; of their Capture by means of the L..

Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life

Thomas Henry Huxley

Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life is a book on biology written by Thomas Henry Huxley, an English biologist and anthropologist known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Cha..

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing

Neltje Blanchan

A still more popular edition of what has proved to the author to be a surprisingly popular book, has been prepared by the able hand of Mr. Asa Don Dickinson, and is now offered in the hope that many m..

The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation

Thomas Henry Huxley

The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation. Lecture IV. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Specie..

Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification

Samuel Butler

This second edition of Luck, or Cunning? is a reprint of the first edition, dated 1887, but actually published in November, 1886.  The only alterations of any consequence are in the Index, which ..