Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Nikola Tesla - My Inventions and Other Works

Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these works is a six part series titled My Inventions , which is an autobiographical...

Kane Mercer and 6 more 5 hours 44 minutes

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Mathematics

453

Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Science - History of the Universe Vol. 1: Astronomy

Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

528

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - History of the Universe Vol. 1: Astronomy

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The first volume is on Astronomy written by Waldemar Kaempffert. This book briefly discusses the evolution of astronomical beliefs and the development of...

Larry Wilson and 11 more 11 hours 28 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Walter Kellogg Towers - Masters of Space

This is the story of talking at a distance, of sending messages through space. It is the story of great men—Morse, Thomson, Bell, Marconi, and others—and how, with the aid of men like Field, Vail, Catty, Pupin, the...

Mark and 9 more 5 hours 55 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Robert Stawell Ball - Great Astronomers

Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astronomy. From the earliest ages the study of the stars has exercised the same...

MaryAnn 9 hours 15 minutes

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Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

Biography & Autobiography

482

David Brewster - Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revolution during the early modern period. This book throws light upon their...

bala 5 hours 14 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

484

Donald Keyhoe - Flying Saucers are Real

The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs between 1947 and 1950. Keyhoe contended that the Air Force was actively...

Roger Melin 7 hours 25 minutes

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485

Edwin E. Slosson - Easy Lessons in Einstein

Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is meant to convey to the general reader the ideas of relativity in...

Availle and 6 more 2 hours 52 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Oliver Lodge - Pioneers of Science

This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. The first part of this book is devoted to the biographies and discoveries of...

Availle and 12 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Jerry Bonnell - Golden mean to 5000 digits

The golden section is a line segment sectioned into two according to the golden ratio. The total length a+b is to the longer segment a as a is to the shorter segment b. In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are...

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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