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The Fairyland of Science

by Arabella Buckley (1840-1929)

“I have promised to introduce you today to the fairy-land of science — a somewhat bold promise, seeing that most of you probably look upon science as a bundle of dry facts, while fairy-land is all that is beautiful, and full of poetry and imagination. But I thoroughly believe myself, and hope to prove to you, that science is full of beautiful pictures, of real poetry, and of wonder-working fairies…”

(From the Introduction to The Fairyland of Science)

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• Lecture 01 - The Fairyland of Science: How to Enter It; How to Use It; and How to Enjoy It - 00:52:27
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  Read by: Patricia Oakley
• Lecture 02 - Sunbeams and the Work They Do - 00:44:02
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  Read by: Patricia Oakley
• Lecture 03 - The Aerial Ocean In Which We Live - 00:41:52
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• Lecture 04 - A Drop of Water On Its Travels - 00:48:16
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  Read by: Patricia Oakley
• Lecture 05 - The Two Great Sculptors - Water and Ice - 00:33:13
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  Read by: J. M. Smallheer
• Lecture 06 - The Voices of Nature and How We Hear Them - 00:52:29
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• Lecture 07 - The Life of a Primrose - 00:37:43
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  Read by: Ruth Golding
• Lecture 08 - The History of a Piece of Coal - 00:37:41
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  Read by: Ruth Golding
• Lecture 09 - Bees in the Hive - 00:35:45
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• Lecture 10 - Bees and Flowers - 00:32:20
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  Read by: Auntie Em

Cataloged on May 26, 2008