Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists

About this film

LibriVox recording of Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Elbert Hubbard. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre. In this volume he reflects on the lives of well known scientists. Included are Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Alexander von Humboldt, William Herschel, Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel, Carl Linnaeus, Thomas H. Huxley, John Tyndall, Alfred R. Wallace, and John Fiske. (Summary by Lucy Perry and Ava.) This is Volume 12 in a series of 14 books. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B 01-12 (145MB) Download M4B 13-23 (121MB)

Directors & creators

Elbert Hubbard

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;philosophy; science; physics; biography; biology; astronomy; evolution; geography; scientists

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