Discourses: Biological & Geological: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Discourses: Biological & Geological, credited to Thomas Henry Huxley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Discourses: Biological & Geological by Thomas Henry Huxley. Read in English by Barbara Baker. Thomas Henry Hux­ley was an English biologist (comparative anatomist). He was the most effective supporter of Darwin's Theory of Evolution and had a strong interest in scientific education - in schools, universities and for the general public . He has been described as "the pre­mier ad­vo­cate of sci­ence in the nine­teenth cen­tury [for] the whole Eng­lish-speak­ing world". This volume consists of popular lectures on he gave on biology and geology and addresses he delivered on the same subjects to scientific bodies. (Summary by barbara2)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Discourses: Biological & Geological
• Author credits: Thomas Henry Huxley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 12:43:00

Catalogue topics

• biology
• evolution
• lectures
• geology
• short works
• paleontology
• non-fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 00 - Preface — 12:17
2. 01 - On a Piece of Chalk Pt 1 — 34:04
3. 02 - On a Piece of Chalk, Pt 2 — 34:47
4. 03 - The Problems of the Deep Sea Pt 1 — 33:30
5. 04 - The Problems of the Deep Sea Pt 2 — 31:36
6. 05 - On Some of the Results of the Expedition of H.M.S. Challenger Pt 1 — 30:54
7. 06 - On Some of the Results of the Expedition of H.M.S. Challenger Pt 2 — 28:13
8. 07 - On Some of the Results of the Expedition of H.M.S. Challenger Pt 3 — 33:43
9. 08 - Yeast Pt 1 — 26:16
10. 09 - Yeast Pt 2 — 28:32
11. 10 - On the Formation of Coal Pt 1 — 18:26
12. 11 - On the Formation of Coal Pt 2 — 29:26
13. 12 - On the Border Territory Between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdoms Pt 1 — 29:46
14. 13 - On the Border Territory Between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdoms Pt 2 — 36:17
15. 14 - A Lobster or the Study of Zoology Pt 1 — 26:11
16. 15 - A Lobster or the Study of Zoology Pt 2 — 35:57
17. 16 - Biogenesis and Abiogenesis Pt 1 — 25:12
18. 17 - Biogenesis and Abiogenesis Pt 2 — 23:08
19. 18 - Biogenesis and Abiogenesis Pt 3 — 27:18
20. 19 - Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life Pt 1 — 29:48
21. 20 - Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life Pt 2 — 31:59
22. 21 - Geological Reform Pt 1 — 33:23
23. 22 - Geological Reform Pt 2 — 30:05
24. 23 - Palaeontology and the Doctrine of Evolution Pt 1 — 25:39

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