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The Seven Follies of Science

by: John Phin

Publication date: 2011-09-11

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: librivox, audiobook, non-fiction, nature, science, experiments, mathematics, physics, chemistry, alchemy

Language: English

LibriVox recording of The Seven Follies of Science, by John Phin.

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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01 Introductory Note

28.2M

02 Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1

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03 Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2

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04 Folly 2: The Duplication the Cube

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05 Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle

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06 Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1

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07 Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities

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

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09 Folly 5: The Transmutaion of Metals--Alchemy

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10 Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury

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

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

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13 The Fourth Dimension

12.9M

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

21.7M

7.4M

16 Illusions of the Senses

3.8M

17 Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick

21.0M

18 Curious Arithmetical Problems

11.5M

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

13.5M

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

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

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

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

13.9M

24 Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power

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01 Introductory Note

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02 Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1

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03 Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2

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04 Folly 2: The Duplication the Cube

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05 Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle

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06 Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1

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07 Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities

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

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09 Folly 5: The Transmutaion of Metals--Alchemy

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10 Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury

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

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

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13 The Fourth Dimension

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

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16 Illusions of the Senses

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17 Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick

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18 Curious Arithmetical Problems

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

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

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

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

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

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24 Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power

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