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HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Crystal Fire : The Birth of the Information Age
Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Fire Within the Eye : A Historical Essay on the Nature and Meaning of Light David Park / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Ascent of Science
Brian L. Silver / Hardcover / Published 1998
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Five Equations That Changed the World : The Power and Poetry of Mathematics Michael Guillen / Paperback / Published 1996
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Life : A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
Richard Fortey / Hardcover / Published 1998
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The Pinball Effect : How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible and Other Journeys Through Knowledge
James Burke, Geoffrey Kloske (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1997
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A Science Odyssey : 100 Years of Discovery (Pbs Series)
Charles Flowers / Hardcover / Published 1998
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Beyond Engineering : How Society Shapes Technology (Sloan Technology Series) Robert Pool / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Soft Edge : A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution
Paul Levinson / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Korolev : How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon
James Harford / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Axemaker's Gift : Technology's Capture and Control of Our Minds and Culture James Burke, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
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The Day the Universe Changed
Burke / Paperback / Published 1995
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Galileo and the Dolphins : Amazing but True Stories from Science
Adrian Berry, Jovan Djordjevic (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Scientific Revolution
Steven Shapin / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Image and Logic : A Material Culture of Microphysics
Peter Galison / Paperback / Published 1997
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Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery
Isaac Asimov / Hardcover / Published 1994
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
Lawrence Weschler / Paperback / Published 1996
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Old Wine New Flasks : Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition
Roald Hoffmann, Shira Leibowitz Schmidt / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Yellow Fever, Black Goddess : The Coevolution of People and Plagues
Christopher Wills / Paperback / Published 1997
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One River : Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Wade Davis / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Frontiers of Illusion : Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress
Daniel Sarewitz / Paperback / Published 1996
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The Science Class You Wish You Had : The Seven Greatest Scientific Discoveries in History and the People Who Made Them
David Eliot Brody, Arnold R. Brody / Paperback / Published 1997
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They All Laughed : From Light Bulbs to Lasers : The Fascinating Stories Behind the Great Inventions That Have Changed Our Lives
Ira Flatow / Paperback / Published 1993
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The Heavens and the Earth : A Political History of the Space Age
Walter A. McDougall / Paperback / Published 1997
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Sundials : History, Theory, and Practice
Rene R. J. Rohr / Paperback / Published 1996
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Eyewitness to Science
John Carey (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1997
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Disenchanted Night : The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Angela Davies (Translator) / Paperback / Published 1995
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Stairways to the Stars : Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures
Anthony F. Aveni / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Time Before History : 5 Million Years of Human Impact
Colin Tudge / Paperback / Published 1997
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Hidden Histories of Science
Robert B. Silvers (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996
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Einstein, History, and Other Passions : The Rebellion Against Science at the End of the Twentieth Century
Gerald Holton / Paperback / Published 1996
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In Search of Planet Vulcan : The Ghost in Newton's Clockwork Universe
Richard Baum, William Sheehan / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Ovary of Eve : Egg and Sperm and Preformation
Clara Pinto-Correia, et al / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Serendipity : Accidental Discoveries in Science (Wiley Science Edition)
Royston M. Roberts / Paperback / Published 1989
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Dinosaur in a Haystack : Reflections in Natural History
Stephen Jay Gould / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Science and the Secrets of Nature : Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
William Eamon / Paperback / Published 1996
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The Innovators : The Engineering Pioneers Who Made America Modern (Wiley Popular Science)
David P. Billington / Paperback / Published 1996
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Empire of Light : A History of Discovery in Science and Art
Sidney Perkowitz / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo : Including the Starry Messenger (1610 Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina)
Galileo Galilei, Stillman Drake (Translator) / Paperback / Published 1997
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Matters of Life and Death : Perspectives on Public Health, Molecular Biology, Cancer, and the Prospects for the Human Race
John Cairns / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The Scientific 100 : A Ranking of the Most Influential Scientists, Past and Present
John G. Simmons / Hardcover / Published 1996
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The Beginnings of Western Science : The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450
David C. Lindberg / Paperback / Published 1992
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The Biological Universe : The Twentieth-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science
Steven J. Dick / Hardcover / Published 1996
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The Timetables of Science : A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science
Alexander Hellemans, et al / Paperback / Published 1991
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Liber Liber
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Library of Congress
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Literature (public domain)
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Beowulf One of the oldest surviving works of English literature, Beowulf tells the epic tale of a classic hero.
The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce A collection of ironic, sarcastic, and curmudgeonish definitions of everyday terms.
Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott Written in the late ninteenth century, Flatland is an entertaining and intriguing view of a two-dimensional world.
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington's classic autobiography.
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells H.G. Wells' awe-inspiring classic of alien invasion.
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Making of America
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National Academy Press Reading Room
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Perseus Project http://www.perseus.tufts.edu "Perseus is a continually growing digital library of resources for studying the ancient world. The library's materials include ancient texts and translations, philological tools, maps, extensively illustrated art catalogs, and secondary essays on topics like vase painting." Subjects: Greek and Latin Classics Languages: English, Greek

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Projekt Runeberg
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Science electronic books http://www.access.digex.net/~jfptak/etext/index.html
Subjects: Classics in the History of Science: Decartes, Aristotle, Poincare,... Languages: English

Secular Web Library
http://www.infidels.org/library/ Subjects: Theism, Secularism, Evolution Languages: English

University of Virginia Electronic Text Library
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/uvaonline.html Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Italian

Victorian Women Writers Project
http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/ "The goal of the Victorian Women Writers Project is to produce highly accurate transcriptions of literary works by British women writers of the late 19th century." Subjects: various Languages: English

Virginia Tech Gopher
gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/10/33 Public domain texts. Subjects: various Languages: English

Virtual Computer Library
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Wiretap Online Library
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