Biography: science, technology & engineering books

""Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders: Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician"" offers...  Read More >>

The Gold-Headed Cane By William Macmichael  Read More >>

Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted...  Read More >>

Delve into the remarkable life and groundbreaking inventions of one of history's most influential figures with ""Edison,...  Read More >>

Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Queensland, Australia, with E. J. Banfield's ""The Confessions of a Beachcomber.""...  Read More >>

Delve into the fascinating world of medieval medicine with James J. Walsh's ""Old-Time Makers of Medicine."" This...  Read More >>

Delve into the life and legacy of one of science's most influential figures with ""Thomas Henry Huxley, A Sketch...  Read More >>

Seven great astronomers, from Copernicus to Sir John Herschel  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Contains all the essays on flies, or Diptera, from the Souvenirs entomologiques as well as the purely autobiographical...  Read More >>

The present book is the narrative of our work and travels. I have written it entirely from the sportsman's standpoint...  Read More >>

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of...  Read More >>

Born in mid nineteenth-century Scotland, the author was eleven when his fanatically religious father took the family...  Read More >>

Explore the life and legacy of Louis Agassiz, the eminent scientist and natural historian, through ""Louis Agassiz:...  Read More >>

Delve into the fascinating world of 19th-century medicine with ""Medical Essays"" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr....  Read More >>

""Wild Nature Won By Kindness"" offers a captivating collection of 19th-century animal anecdotes and insightful...  Read More >>

Combining scientific observations of animals in their natural habitats with a romantic vision of nature and the...  Read More >>

John James Audubon (1902). This book, John James Audubon, by John Burroughs, is a replication of a book originally...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...came to bring Sir Tom home. The leave-taking was always formal with Polly, but with me it was, Ta-ta,...  Read More >>

True Bear Stories from Joaquin Miller. American poet (1837-1913).  Read More >>

Explore the lives and legacies of three pivotal figures in the history of astronomy with David Brewster's ""The...  Read More >>

Delve into the fascinating history of the automotive industry with Lyman Horace Weeks' ""Automobile Biographies.""...  Read More >>

Delve into the remarkable life and groundbreaking work of one of history's most influential scientists in ""Louis...  Read More >>

Explore the life and groundbreaking work of Charles Lyell, a pivotal figure in the history of geology, with ""Charles...  Read More >>

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and...  Read More >>