The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, and marvels.(Summary by John Phin)
PrefaceIntroductory NoteFolly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2Folly 2: The Duplication of the CubeFolly 3: The Trisection of an AngleFolly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - AbsurditiesFolly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and FraudsFolly 5: The Transmutation of Metals--AlchemyFolly 6: The Fixation of MercuryFolly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of LifeAdditional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and SympathyThe Fourth DimensionSpace, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and CompassesMicrographyIllusions of the SensesSeeing through a Hole in the Hand and a BrickCurious Arithmetical ProblemsPopular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam EnginesPopular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and DynamitePopular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and HairPopular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered GlassPopular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and FrankensteinWords that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power
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