The Fairyland of Science
"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)
Genre(s): Science, Science
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | Lecture 01 - Introduction to the Wonders of the Physical World | Patricia Oakley |
00:52:27 |
Play 02 | Lecture 02 - Sunbeams and the Work They Do | Patricia Oakley |
00:44:02 |
Play 03 | Lecture 03 - The Aerial Ocean in Which We Live | Patricia Oakley |
00:41:52 |
Play 04 | Lecture 04 - A Drop of Water on its Travels | Patricia Oakley |
00:48:16 |
Play 05 | Lecture 05 - The Two Great Sculptors - Water and Ice | J. M. Smallheer |
00:33:13 |
Play 06 | Lecture 06 - The Voices of Nature and How We Hear Them | Ashwin Jain |
00:52:29 |
Play 07 | Lecutre 07 - The Life of a Primrose | Ruth Golding |
00:37:43 |
Play 08 | Lecture 08 - The History of a Piece of Coal | Ruth Golding |
00:37:41 |
Play 09 | Lecutre 09 - Bees in the Hive | Ruth Golding |
00:35:45 |
Play 10 | Lecture 10 - Bees and Flowers | Auntie Em |
00:32:20 |