The Seven Follies of Science - Kostenloses Hörbuch

The Seven Follies of Science - Kostenloses Hörbuch

Autor(en): John Phin

Sprache: English

Genre(s): NaturSachbücherWissenschaft

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25 Kapitel
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Introductory Note
  • 3. Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1
  • 4. Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2
  • 5. Folly 2: The Duplication of the Cube
  • 6. Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle
  • 7. Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1
  • 8. Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities
  • 9. Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and Frauds
  • 10. Folly 5: The Transmutation of Metals--Alchemy
  • 11. Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury
  • 12. Folly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life
  • 13. Additional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and Sympathy
  • 14. The Fourth Dimension
  • 15. Space, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and Compasses
  • 16. Micrography
  • 17. Illusions of the Senses
  • 18. Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick
  • 19. Curious Arithmetical Problems
  • 20. Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam Engines
  • 21. Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and Dynamite
  • 22. Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and Hair
  • 23. Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered Glass
  • 24. Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and Frankenstein
  • 25. Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power

Über

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)

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