Science Books

An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation"

Anonymous

An Expository Outline of the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation with a comprehensive and critical analysis of the arguments by which the extraordinary hypotheses of the author are supported a..

Bowdoin Boys in Labrador

Jonathan Prince Cilley

Bowdoin Boys in Labrador, An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department...

Lectures on Stellar Statistics

C. V. L. Charlier

Our knowledge of the stars is based on their apparent attributes, obtained from the astronomical observations. The object of astronomy is to deduce herefrom the real or absolute attributes of the star..

Lobo, Rag and Vixen

Ernest Thompson Seton

These Stories, selected from those published in "Wild Animals I Have Known," are true histories of the animals described, and are intended to show how their lives are lived. Though the lower animals h..

Evolution in Modern Thought

William Bateson

As everyone knows, the general idea of the Doctrine of Descent is that the plants and animals of the present day are the lineal descendants of ancestors on the whole somewhat simpler, that these again..

Evolution

James A. S. Watson

The idea of Evolution is an old one. It is older than the Darwinian hypothesis; it is older than Lamarck, who published his particular theory in 1809, the year that Darwin was born; it is older than B..

A History of Science — Volume 1

Williams and Williams

A History of Science - Volume 1 written by Edward Huntington Williams To speak of a prehistoric science may seem like a contradiction of terms. The word prehistoric seems to imply barbarism, while sci..

The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones

John Mastin

The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones is a geology book written by John Mastin whose other works are "Parasites of Insects," "The True Analysis of Milk," "Plate-Culture and Stain..