The Autobiography of an Electron: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Autobiography of an Electron, credited to Charles R. Gibson, 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 The Autobiography of an Electron by Charles R. Gibson. Read by Laura Victoria "While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very important part which we play in the workaday world. It was for this reason that my fellow-electrons urged me to write my own biography. I am pleased to say that my relationship with the scribe who has put down my story in the following pages has been of the most friendly description. I have allowed him to place what he calls "The Scribe's Note" at the beginning of each chapter, but it will be understood clearly that these are merely convenient embellishments, and that I am responsible for the story of my own experiences." (Introduction adapted from the text)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Autobiography of an Electron
• Author credits: Charles R. Gibson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Combined MP3 track duration: 2:31:20

Catalogue topics

• libirovox
• children
• science
• electrons

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:32
2. 01 - What the Story is About — 5:35
3. 02 - The Electron's Preface — 1:40
4. 03 - The New Arrival — 8:50
5. 04 - Some Good Sport — 6:36
6. 05 - My Earliest Recollections — 6:51
7. 06 - Man Pays Us Some Attention — 7:55
8. 07 - A Steady March — 6:36
9. 08 - A Useful Dance — 7:07
10. 09 - How We Carry Man's News — 7:15
11. 10 - How We Communicate with Distant Ships — 7:54
12. 11 - How We Reproduce Speech — 8:01
13. 12 - Our Heaviest Duties — 7:20
14. 13 - A Boon to Man — 6:33
15. 14 - How We Produce Colour — 8:07
16. 15 - We Send Messages from the Stars — 10:38
17. 16 - How Man Proved Our Existence — 7:43
18. 17 - My X-ray Experience — 8:46
19. 18 - Our Relationship to the Atoms — 7:36
20. 19 - How We Made the World Talk — 6:27
21. 20 - Conclusion — 3:01
22. 21 - Appendix — 8:15

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