Author(s): Angus, David
Reader(s): Soames, Benjamin
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior History
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA0260
Barcode: 9781781980347
Release Date: 01/2017

ANGUS, D.: More Great Scientists and Their Discoveries (Unabridged)

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 their impact on our everyday lives.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Angus, David - Author
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
1More Great Scientists and Their Discoveries03:59
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
2Nicolas Copernicus (1473–1543)12:45
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
3At the beginning of the fourteenth century…11:38
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
4Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)08:18
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
5In 1646 Pascal placed a long glass tube vertically…09:51
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
6Edmund Halley (1656–1742)13:46
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
7Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)07:28
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
8Linnaeus created a system of classification…07:48
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
9Alessandro Volta (1745–1827)03:59
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Disc 2
1Nobody knew quite what electricity was…13:24
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
2Humphry Davy (1778–1829)10:21
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
3In 1799 a new scientific organisation…07:38
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
4Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859)13:33
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
5Charles Babbage (1791–1871)07:49
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
6After he had made hundreds of drawings and designs…09:07
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
7Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)08:22
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
8Julius Oppenheimer was asked to join…09:07
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 02:38:53