Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists, credited to Elbert Hubbard, 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 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.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists
• Author credits: Elbert Hubbard
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 9:39:03

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• science
• physics
• biography
• biology
• astronomy
• evolution
• geography

Track guide

1. 01 - Sir Isaac Newton, Part 1 — 19:33
2. 02 - Sir Isaac Newton, Part 2 — 25:02
3. 03 - Galileo, Part 1 — 24:55
4. 04 - Galileo, Part 2 — 25:23
5. 05 - Copernicus, Part 1 — 28:18
6. 06 - Copernicus, Part 2 — 21:06
7. 07 - Humboldt, Part 1 — 31:33
8. 08 - Humboldt, Part 2 — 28:41
9. 09 - William Herschel, Part 1 — 29:48
10. 10 - William Herschel, Part 2 — 27:04
11. 11 - Charles Darwin, Part 1 — 25:22
12. 12 - Charles Darwin, Part 2 — 29:25
13. 13 - Haeckel, Part 1 — 22:39
14. 14 - Haeckel, Part 2 — 18:33
15. 15 - Linnaeus, Part 1 — 23:16
16. 16 - Linnaeus, Part 2 — 35:42
17. 17 - Thomas H. Huxley, Part 1 — 20:04
18. 18 - Thomas H. Huxley, Part 2 — 21:06
19. 19 - John Tyndall, Part 1 — 19:35
20. 20 - John Tyndall, Part 2 — 20:48
21. 21 - Alfred R. Wallace, Part 1 — 25:46
22. 22 - Alfred R. Wallace, Part 2 — 23:24
23. 23 - John Fiske — 32:01

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