Seven Follies of ScienceJohn Phin
Seven Follies of Science
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)
Audiolibros
25 capítulos
6 h 34 min
- 1 Preface5:02
- 2 Introductory Note15:38
- 3 Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 130:47
- 4 Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 217:31
- 5 Folly 2: The Duplication of the Cube5:12
- 6 Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle5:08
- 7 Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 112:13
- 8 Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities35:58
- 9 Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and Frauds25:29
- 10 Folly 5: The Transmutation of Metals--Alchemy29:52
- 11 Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury6:08
- 12 Folly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life6:19
- 13 Additional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and Sympathy23:15
- 14 The Fourth Dimension20:27
- 15 Space, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and Compasses14:08
- 16 Micrography23:40
- 17 Illusions of the Senses8:03
- 18 Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick4:08
- 19 Curious Arithmetical Problems22:55
- 20 Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam Engines12:31
- 21 Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and Dynamite14:44
- 22 Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and Hair14:17
- 23 Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered Glass13:55
- 24 Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and Frankenstein11:34
- 25 Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power15:14