The Story-Book of Science
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 2010-10-14
- Publisher
- General Books LLC
- Retrieved
- May 20, 2011
- ISBN
- 0217638422
- EAN
- 9780217638425
2 memes from this reference
Nature's Stories are More Amazing than Human Stories
“I approve of your wanting true stories,” said he. “You will find in them at the same time the marvelous, which pleases so much at your age, and also the useful, with which even at your age you must concern yourselves, in preparation for after life. Believe me, a true story is much more interesting than a tale in…
Uncle Paul Investigates the Natural World
And so they say that Uncle Paul knows any number of stories. He investigates, he observes for himself. When he walks in his garden he is seen now and then to stop before the hive, around which the bees are humming, or under the elder bush, from which the little flowers fall softly, like flakes of snow; sometimes he…