Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics
6 books
Humorous Fiction
482
Edwin Abbott Abbott - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)
This is a satirical novel written by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Abbott uses a two-dimensional world, with himself as the protagonist, known simply as «A Square», to deride the Victorian aristocracy and...
4 hours 31 minutes
Memoirs
458
Margaret Herschel - Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel
For many people, the name Caroline Herschel will be unfamiliar, but she was one of the most significant women on the English scientific scene during the late 18th and early 19th century. Sister of the well known...
10 hours 36 minutes
*Non-fiction
492
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle - Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
This book is a popular science book written in the late 1600s. It is written as a series of conversations between a gallant philosopher and a countess, while walking in her garden and gazing at the stars. The...
3 hours 43 minutes
