Micrographia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Micrographia, credited to Robert Hooke, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Micrographia by Robert Hooke. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to the Latin of other publications of the time like Newton's 'Principia Mathematica', it was written in English to make it accessible to all. Robert Hooke uses the then fairly new microscope to cover many different subjects including insects, plants, organic material, and even the stars and moon, all fully illustrated by Hooke in detailed hand-drawn diagrams. The many illustrations which are frequently referenced can be found here (Summary by Jordan)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Micrographia
• Author credits: Robert Hooke
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 66
• Listed recording duration: 17:11:05

Catalogue topics

• science
• insects
• biology
• Royal Society
• microscopy

Opening tracks: first 24 of 66

1. 01 - Dedications — 4:47
2. 02 - Preface (part 1) — 36:47
3. 03 - Preface (part 2) — 36:43
4. 04 - Observ. I. — 10:44
5. 05 - Observ. II. — 5:22
6. 06 - Observ. III. — 4:14
7. 07 - Observ. IV. — 4:02
8. 08 - Observ. V. — 11:02
9. 09 - Observ. VI. (part 1) — 53:33
10. 10 - Observ. VI. (part 2) — 52:09
11. 11 - Observ. VII. — 41:36
12. 12 - Observ. VIII. — 15:23
13. 13 - Observ. IX. (part 1) — 52:13
14. 14 - Observ. IX. (part 2) — 41:17
15. 15 - Observ. X. — 49:54
16. 16 - Observ. XI. — 6:56
17. 17 - Observ. XII. — 4:38
18. 18 - Observ. XIII. — 26:43
19. 19 - Observ. XIV. — 17:12
20. 20 - Observ. XV. — 26:26
21. 21 - Observ. XVI. — 19:28
22. 22 - Observ. XVII. — 19:18
23. 23 - Observ. XVIII. — 25:13
24. 24 - Observ. XIX. — 15:11

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