Life Sciences
9 books
*Non-fiction
455
William Diller Matthew - Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
America has had a fascination with dinosaurs, particularly since the wild enthusiasm of Jurassic Park and its sequels. The term «dinosaur» was coined in 1841 by the Victorian scientist Sir Richard Owen. By the end of...
4 hours 22 minutes
Animals
467
Charles Holder - Half Hours With the Lower Animals
This book is devoted to the study of invertebrate animals. While most people associate the word «animal» with fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, 90% of the animal species on earth are invertebrates, i.e.,...
5 hours 8 minutes
Health & Fitness
490
Richard Mead - Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used to Prevent It
This is a work written about the plague in France and how to prevent its spread. It is considered an important historical work for the understanding of transmittable diseases. — Summary by afutterer
57 minutes
Life Sciences
452
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...
10 hours 22 minutes
