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Henri Bergson - Evolution Creatrice

Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of...

Peter Tucker 11 hours 17 minutes

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Science - History of the Universe Vol. 5: Biology

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Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - History of the Universe Vol. 5: Biology

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The fifth volume is on Biology written by Caroline E. Stackpole. It discusses biology being the science of life and life’s nature and origins. It furthers...

realisticspeakers and 6 more 10 hours 22 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

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Leonardo da Vinci - Thoughts on Art and Life

This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Maurice Baring and edited by Lewis Einstein. — Summary by A. Gramour

Kathrine Engan and 4 more 5 hours 17 minutes

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Psychology

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Emanuel Swedenborg - Soul or Rational Psychology

Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772, was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died in London, England. He was a voluminous writer of scientific treatises as well as prophetic works such as Archana Caelestia and The Divine...

Craig Campbell and 8 more 15 hours 16 minutes

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Mathematics

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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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Life Sciences

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Louis Compton Miall - History of Biology

A history of biology from ancient times to Darwin and Pasteur by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy at the University of...

J. M. Smallheer 3 hours 59 minutes

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Origin Of Species by Means of Natural Selection (version 2)

Life Sciences

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Charles Darwin - Origin Of Species by Means of Natural Selection (version 2)

This is the 6th and last edition of «On The Origin of Species» with all additions and corrections, often considered the Definitive Edition.

Michael Armenta 23 hours 44 minutes

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Life Sciences

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Jean-Henri Fabre - Mason-Bees

This is more than a book about bees and their lives; the author talks about his cats, red ants, and insect psychology in general. Jean Henri Fabre also made waves in his native 19th Century France by insisting that...

Bellona Times 7 hours 28 minutes

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Earth Sciences

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Thomas Henry Huxley - Discourses: Biological and Geological

Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist (comparative anatomist). He was the most effective supporter of Darwin's Theory of Evolution and had a strong interest in scientific education — in schools, universities,...

Barbara Baker 12 hours 43 minutes

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Life Sciences

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Grace Coleridge Frankland - Bacteria in Daily Life

The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progress in understanding and preventing diseases such as tuberculosis and...

J. M. Smallheer 4 hours 46 minutes

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Life Sciences

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Richard Swann Lull - Organic Evolution

Organic Evolution is a college textbook that describes the mechanism of biological evolution by natural selection. It then explores the evidences for evolution in various animals, including insects, reptiles, birds...

Lucretia B. and 26 more 26 hours 4 minutes

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Frederick Czapek - Chemical Phenomena in Life

Published in 1911 as part of the «Harper's Library of Living Thought,» this volume presents an introduction to the chemistry of cells in the context of plant physiology and gives an interesting overview of the field...

J. M. Smallheer 3 hours 40 minutes

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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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