Seven Follies of Science

by John Phin

25 chapters6h 34mEnglish1913

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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)

Chapters (24)

1Introductory Note

938

2Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1

1847

3Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2

1051

4Folly 2: The Duplication of the Cube

312

5Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle

308

6Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1

733

7Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities

2158

8Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and Frauds

1529

9Folly 5: The Transmutation of Metals--Alchemy

1792

10Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury

368

11Folly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life

379

12Additional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and Sympathy

1395

13The Fourth Dimension

1227

14Space, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and Compasses

848

15Micrography

1420

16Illusions of the Senses

483

17Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick

248

18Curious Arithmetical Problems

1375

19Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam Engines

751

20Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and Dynamite

884

21Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and Hair

857

22Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered Glass

835

23Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and Frankenstein

694

24Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power

914

Seven Follies of Science

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