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Animals

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Robert N Bader - Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity

In recent years the number of people interested in keeping amphibians and reptiles in captivity has grown rapidly. All too often, these same people have little knowledge of the proper care needed for their captives,...

Amy Gramour 54 minutes

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Man and His Ancestor: A Study in Evolution

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Charles Morris - Man and His Ancestor: A Study in Evolution

An examination of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and subsequent texts, written for the general public at the turn of the twentieth century, "[...] to dwell on the various significant facts that have been...

Kathleen Nelson and 3 more 6 hours 36 minutes

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Animals

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Frederic Lucas - Animals of the Past

Prior to the emergence of paleontology and comparative anatomy as scientific disciplines at the end of the 18th century, it was generally known that there were species of animals that had disappeared completely. The...

Jeffery 5 hours 55 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

520

Aristotle - On the Parts of Animals

On the Parts of Animals (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΖΩΩΝ ΜΟΡΙΩΝ; Latin: De Partibus Animalium) by Aristotle (ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣ). The first book asks whether animals were designed or came into existence by chance. The remaining three books...

Geoffrey Edwards 9 hours 46 minutes

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Memoirs

513

Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville - Travels to Oaxaca

Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts to the French Caribbean. The year is 1776. Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville...

Sue Anderson 10 hours 30 minutes

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Christianity - Other

490

Asa Gray - Natural Science and Religion

Asa Gray was a highly-regarded botanist at Harvard University and a friend and collaborator of Charles Darwin. As a Christian, Gray was concerned with the disconnect developing through the nineteenth century between...

Barry Ganong 2 hours 1 minute

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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

Early Modern

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Agnes Arber - Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals — books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected...

Josh Leach and 5 more 5 hours 25 minutes

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Medical

516

Earl W. Phelan - Radioisotopes in Medicine

Radioisotopes in Medicine is an educational booklet published in 1966 as part of the Understanding the Atom series by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Written in clear language for the general public,...

Laurie Anne Walden 1 hour 17 minutes

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Nature

513

Robert Hooke - Micrographia

Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to the Latin of other publications of the time like Newton's 'Principia...

DrPGould and 22 more 17 hours 11 minutes

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Reference

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Asa Gray - Elements of Botany

The book is intended to ground beginners in Structural Botany and the principles of vegetable life, mainly as concerns Flowering or Phanerogamous plants, with which botanical instruction should always begin; also to...

J. M. Smallheer and 7 more 7 hours 45 minutes

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Medical

546

William Ruschenberger - Elements of Anatomy and Physiology

The Elements of Anatomy and Physiology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1852 presents an introduction to the...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 4 hours 7 minutes

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Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Animals

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Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany written by Marion E. Latham. The section on Zoology examines the development,...

Nichalia Schwartz and 7 more 11 hours 11 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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