Fairyland of Science

by Arabella B. Buckley

10 chapters6h 55mEnglish1879

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"I have promised to introduce you today to the fairy-land of science, -- a somewhat bold promise, seeing that most of you probably look upon science as a bundle of dry facts, while fairy-land is all that is beautiful, and full of poetry and imagination. But I thoroughly believe myself, and hope to prove to you, that science is full of beautiful pictures, of real poetry, and of wonder-working fairies; ..."(From the Introduction to The Fairyland of Science)

Chapters (10)

1Lecture 01 - Introduction to the Wonders of the Physical World

3147

2Lecture 02 - Sunbeams and the Work They Do

2642

3Lecture 03 - The Aerial Ocean in Which We Live

2512

4Lecture 04 - A Drop of Water on its Travels

2896

5Lecture 05 - The Two Great Sculptors - Water and Ice

1993

6Lecture 06 - The Voices of Nature and How We Hear Them

3149

7Lecture 07 - The Life of a Primrose

2263

8Lecture 08 - The History of a Piece of Coal

2261

9Lecture 09 - Bees in the Hive

2145

10Lecture 10 - Bees and Flowers

1940

Fairyland of Science

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Chapters (10)

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