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• Archimedes
• Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
• Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871
• Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
• Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806
• Bartram, John, 1699-1777
• Bartram, William, 1739-1823
• Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
• Brightwen, Mrs. (Eliza Elder), 1830-1906
• Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
• Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823
• Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
• Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
• Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
• Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749
• Clare, John, 1793-1864
• Commerson, Philibert, 1727-1773
• Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
• Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802
• Dorsey, George A. (George Amos), 1868-1931
• Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
• Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
• Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923
• Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814
• Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
• Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
• Grant, J. C. Boileau (John Charles Boileau), 1886-1973
• Hanbury, Daniel, 1825-1875
• Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
• Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723-1789
• Hurston, Zora Neale
• Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
• Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887
• Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630
• Kovalevskaia, S. V. (Sof'ia Vasil'evna), 1850-1891
• Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829
• Latour, Bruno
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
• Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Monge, Gaspard, 1746-1818
• Muir, John, 1838-1914
• Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464
• Niebuhr, Carsten, 1733-1815
• North, Marianne, 1830-1890
• Ortiz, Fernando, 1881-1969
• Oughtred, William, 1575-1660
• Paracelsus, 1493-1541
• Park, Mungo, 1771-1806
• Porsild, A. E. (Alf Erling), 1901-1977
• Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934
• Romanes, George John, 1848-1894
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
• Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
• Sinsheimer, Robert
• Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
• Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872
• Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
• Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908
• Stever, H. Guyford
• Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924
• Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772
• Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
• Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899
• Turing, Alan, 1912-1954
• Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947
• Wootton, Barbara, 1897-1988
• Young, Thomas, 1773-1829

• Scientists Who Changed the World (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1960), by Lynn Poole and Gray Johnson Poole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Savants et Écrivains (in French; Paris: E. Flammarion, ca. 1910), by Henri Poincaré (page images at HathiTrust)
• Introduction to the History of Science (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #376, 3 volumes in 5; c1927-1948), by George Sarton
  • Volume 1: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volumes 2-3 (in 4 parts): page images at HathiTrust
• Reglas y Consejos Sobre Investigación Científica (Los Tónicos de la Voluntad) (sixth edition, in Spanish; Madrid: Im. J. Pueyo, 1923), by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Gutenberg text)

• Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Einstein: An Intimate Study of a Great Man (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1944), by Dimitri Marianoff and Palma Wayne (page images at HathiTrust)

• Girl Genius, by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio (partial serial archives)

• The Emperor of the Moon: A Farce, As It Is Acted by Their Majesties Servants, at the Queens Theatre (second edition; London: Printed by R. Holt, for J. Knight and F. Saunders, 1688), by Aphra Behn (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Three Unusual Scientists: John Keely, Nikola Tesla, Walter Russell: Three One-Act Plays, by Martha Keltz (PDF, text, Word, and RTF at studioeditions.com)

• Declaration on the Rights of Scientific Workers (1969), by World Federation of Scientific Workers (HTML with commentary at fmts-wfsw.org)

• Kallocain (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1966), by Karin Boye, trans. by Gustaf Lannestock (page images at Wisconsin)
• Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (multiple editions)
• Space Platform (New York: Pocket Books, c1953), by Murray Leinster (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Fifth-Dimension Tube (as published in Astounding Stories, January 1933), by Murray Leinster (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Green Fire: The Story of the Terrible Days in the Summer of 1990, Now Told in Full for the First Time (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., c1928), by John Taine
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Invisible Man (New York: Pocket Books, 1957), by H. G. Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kallocain (c1940; freely readable English translation also available), by Karin Boye (HTML in Sweden; NO US ACCESS)
• Näkymätön Mies (The Invisible Man in Finnish; 1922), by H. G. Wells, trans. by Aino Tuomikoski (Gutenberg text)
• Two's Two (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1916), by J. Storer Clouston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, by H. G. Wells
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio
  • HTML at Bartleby
• The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance (London: Macmillan, 1924), by H. G. Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nothing So Strange (c1947), by James Hilton (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)

• English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture (London: Macmillan, 1874), by Francis Galton (PDF and page images at galton.org)

• The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution, by John Brockman (HTML at edge.org)

• The Flying Stingaree (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1963), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Flaming Mountain (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1962), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Egyptian Cat Mystery (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1961), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Blue Ghost Mystery (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1960), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Pirates of Shan (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1958), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Scarlet Lake Mystery (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1958), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Electronic Mind Reader (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1957), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Wailing Octopus (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1956), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Caves of Fear (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1951), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Smugglers' Reef (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1950), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Golden Skull (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1954), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure, by Harry Collingwood, illust. by Gordon Browne
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Turn on the Light on Science: A Research-Based Guide to Break Down Popular Stereotypes About Science and Scientists (London: Ubiquity Press, c2017), by Antonio Tintori and Rossella Palomba (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)

• In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation (chapters under "Contents" in reverse order; Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003), ed. by John F. Ashton (HTML with commentary in answersingenesis.org)

• Leading Your Research Team in Science (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019), by Ritsert C. Jansen (HTML and PDF with commentary at Cambridge University Press)

• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty (second edition; c2006), by Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (PDF files with commentary at hhmi.org)
• Leading Your Research Team in Science (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019), by Ritsert C. Jansen (HTML and PDF with commentary at Cambridge University Press)

• Biographical Memoirs (full serial archives)
• An Economic Analysis of the Market for Scientists and Engineers (c1958), by Armen A. Alchian, Kenneth J. Arrow, and William M. Capron (PDF with commentary at rand.org)
• Security, Loyalty, and Science (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, c1950), by Walter Gellhorn (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)

• On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (third edition, 2009), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Careers in Science and Technology: An International Perspective (1995), by National Research Council Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel and National Research Council Office of International Affairs (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty (second edition; c2006), by Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (PDF files with commentary at hhmi.org)
• Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond (1996 edition), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (HTML and page images at NAP)

• Archimedes (London: Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge; New York: Macmillan, 1920), by Thomas Little Heath (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Archimedes, by Chris Rorres (illustrated HTML at NYU)

• John James Audubon, by John Burroughs (Gutenberg text)

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