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Flatland
Edwin A. Abbott
15 days •
ⓘ 1884 • A "romance of many dimensions" with a surprisingly enchanting blend of math and social commentary. Join A Square, our narrator, as he describes his remarkably flat dimension.
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
58 days •
ⓘ 1859 • A foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin shows that populations evolve over the course of many generations through natural selection.
The Life of a Fossil Hunter
Charles Hazelius Sternberg
22 days •
ⓘ 1909 • A firsthand account of the Bone Wars, a fierce competition for dinosaur fossils between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh in the 19th century American west.
A Treatise of Human Nature
David Hume
72 days •
ⓘ 1738 • A foundational work in philosophy, Hume seeks to introduce a scientific mindset to the study of human psychology.
Discourse on the Method
Rene Descartes
8 days •
ⓘ 1637 • A philosophical treatise discussing skepticism -- to Descartes, the process of approaching everything with doubt and clear of preconceived notions.
Travels in West Africa
Mary Kingsley
60 days •
ⓘ 1897 • Defying Victorian norms for women, Mary Kingsley sets out alone to journey through Africa. There she befriends the local people and collects valuable plant and animal specimens for research.
Across Mongolian Plains
Roy Chapman Andrews
24 days •
ⓘ 1921 • An account by the original Indiana Jones - Roy Chapman Andrews - as he travels through Mongolia and China gathering specimens and research.
Arrowsmith
Sinclair Lewis
57 days •
ⓘ 1925 • Described as the first "scientific" novel, Lewis follows the life of Martin Arrowsmith through the turbulence of his professional and romantic lives, satirizing those who pursue science for fortune at the expense of truth.
Eureka: A Prose Poem
Edgar Allan Poe
12 days •
ⓘ 1848 • An adaptation of Poe's lecture, describing his conception of the universe and of man's relationship with God. Many ideas presage 20th-century discoveries and theories on the beginnings of the universe.
My Inventions
Nikola Tesla
8 days •
ⓘ 1919 • An autobiography of the famous inventor, engineer, and futurist Nikola Tesla, assembled from a series of articles Tesla wrote for "Electrical Experimenter."
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