David Angus: More Great Scientists

Read by Benjamin Soames

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Following the success of the first Great Scientists title in the ‘Junior Classics’ range, this collection features the lives of nine more remarkable scientists, with descriptions of their discoveries. From the astronomy of Copernicus and Halley to the natural science of Linnaeus and Humboldt, and from the discoveries of Pascal, Davy, Volta and Babbage to the harnessing of atomic power by Julius Oppenheimer, it explores the contributions made by these great scientists, and the impact on our everyday lives.

Release date: 27th Jan 2017
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Series: Junior Classics
Catalogue number: NA0260
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Contents and tracklist

David Angus: More Great Scientists and Their Discoveries (Unabridged)

Work length2:38:38

Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios, London, United Kingdom

More Great Scientists and Their Discoveries

Track length3:56

Nicolas Copernicus (1473–1543)

Track length12:45

At the beginning of the fourteenth century…

Track length11:37

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

Track length8:18

In 1646 Pascal placed a long glass tube vertically…

Track length9:51

Edmund Halley (1656–1742)

Track length13:45

Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)

Track length7:28

Linnaeus created a system of classification…

Track length7:47

Alessandro Volta (1745–1827)

Track length3:57

Nobody knew quite what electricity was…

Track length13:21

Humphry Davy (1778–1829)

Track length10:20

In 1799 a new scientific organisation…

Track length7:38

Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859)

Track length13:33

Charles Babbage (1791–1871)

Track length7:49

After he had made hundreds of drawings and designs…

Track length9:07

Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)

Track length8:22

Julius Oppenheimer was asked to join…

Track length9:04

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