"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)
(From the Introduction to The Fairyland of Science)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Lecture 01 - Introduction to the Wonders of the Physical World
52:27 - Chapter 2
Lecture 02 - Sunbeams and the Work They Do
44:02 - Chapter 3
Lecture 03 - The Aerial Ocean in Which We Live
41:52 - Chapter 4
Lecture 04 - A Drop of Water on its Travels
48:16 - Chapter 5
Lecture 05 - The Two Great Sculptors - Water and Ice
33:13 - Chapter 6
Lecture 06 - The Voices of Nature and How We Hear Them
52:29 - Chapter 7
Lecture 07 - The Life of a Primrose
37:43 - Chapter 8
Lecture 08 - The History of a Piece of Coal
37:41 - Chapter 9
Lecture 09 - Bees in the Hive
35:45 - Chapter 10
Lecture 10 - Bees and Flowers
32:20