Lives & Memoirs
Heroes of science
P. Martin Duncan · narrated by Juniper
2026
9h 53m
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P. Martin Duncan celebrates the heroes of science, the men whose discoveries reshaped human understanding of the natural world. He tells their struggles and triumphs for a general audience. An inspiring Victorian gallery of the great minds of astronomy, chemistry and beyond.
Inside this audiobook
14 chapters
- 1INTRODUCTION.6m
- 2HEROES OF SCIENCE.43m
- 3CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.43m
- 4CHAPTER III. THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS.48m
- 5CHAPTER IV. THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS (Continued).28m
- 6CHAPTER V. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.41m
- 7CHAPTER VI. HEROES OF ZOOLOGY.38m
- 8CHAPTER VII. THE LIVES OF BUFFON, PENNANT, AND LAMARCK.58m
- 9CHAPTER VIII. THE LIFE OF CUVIER.53m
- 10CHAPTER IX. HEROES OF GEOLOGY.19m
- 11CHAPTER X. THE LIFE OF HUTTON.25m
- 12CHAPTER XI. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SMITH.1h 6m
- 13CHAPTER XII. THE LIFE OF MURCHISON.54m
- 14CHAPTER XIII. THE LIFE OF LYELL.1h 13m
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