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Zooniverse: what to do with half a million scientists?

In Alumni Weekend

Read by Chris Lintott and Rob Simpson


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Uehiro Special Double Seminar: Enhancement

In Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Read by Rob Sparrow and Chris Gyngell


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Part 3. Chapter 3

In Urania

Read by Amanda Miller


Camille Flammarion


Urania is a work of science fiction from the fine mind of French astronomer Camille Flammarion. Named for Urania, the muse of astronomy, thi…

Chapter 4

In Original Stories from Real Life

Read by Amanda Miller


Mary Wollstonecraft


Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the early promoters of gender equality long before other crusaders took up the cause. She is perhaps best kno…

The Immortal, part 1

In Police!!!

Read by Courtney Miller


Robert W. Chambers


Further adventures of zoologist Percy Smith ("In Search of the Unknown"). Humorous, science fiction tales, focusing on the pursuit…

Book First, I

In The Ivory Tower

Read by Courtney Miller


Henry James


An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…

Book 2, Chapter 5, Part 2

In Open The Door

Read by Courtney Miller


Catherine Carswell


This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her…

Chapter 13: The Moon and Planets

In History of Astronomy

Read by Courtney Miller


George Forbes


An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by re…

The Saturday Half-Holiday

In Is the Bible Worth Reading and Other Essays

Read by Amanda Miller


Lemuel Kelley Washburn


These are more than 100 short essays on all things atheism and freethought penned by Lemuel K. Washburn, an American freethought writer and …

3 Larbourd Watch Ahoy

In Kangaroo

Read by Courtney Miller


D. H. Lawrence


"Kangaroo" is the nickname of a character in this novel, Benjamin Cooley, who was a charismatic leader in the fascist movement of …

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