The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]

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John Phin. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]

The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]

Table of Contents

PREFACE

THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE

I. SQUARING THE CIRCLE

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II. THE DUPLICATION OF THE CUBE

III. THE TRISECTION OF AN ANGLE

IV. PERPETUAL MOTION

1. ABSURDITIES

2. FALLACIES

3. FRAUDS

V. TRANSMUTATION OF THE METALS

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VI. THE FIXATION OF MERCURY

VII. THE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE AND THE ELIXIR OF LIFE

ADDITIONAL "FOLLIES"

PERPETUAL OR EVER-BURNING LAMPS

THE ALKAHEST OR UNIVERSAL SOLVENT

PALINGENESY

THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY

Footnote

A SMALL BUDGET OF PARADOXES, ILLUSIONS, AND MARVELS

THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF. A NEW SENSE AND NEW SENSE-ORGAN

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HOW A SPACE MAY BE APPARENTLY ENLARGED BY CHANGING ITS SHAPE

CAN A MAN LIFT HIMSELF BY THE STRAPS OF HIS BOOTS?

HOW A SPIDER LIFTED A SNAKE

HOW THE SHADOW MAY BE MADE TO MOVE BACKWARD ON THE SUN-DIAL

HOW A WATCH MAY BE USED AS A COMPASS

MICROGRAPHY OR MINUTE WRITING AND MICROPHOTOGRAPHY

ILLUSIONS OF THE SENSES

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OBJECTS APPARENTLY SEEN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE HAND

LOOKING THROUGH A SOLID BRICK

CURIOUS ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS

THE CHESS-BOARD PROBLEM

THE NAIL PROBLEM

A QUESTION OF POPULATION

HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE

THE ACTUAL COST AND PRESENT VALUE OF THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE

ARITHMETICAL PUZZLES

ARCHIMEDES AND HIS FULCRUM

INDEX

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John Phin

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Now, running round the circle, finds it square.

The author's note explains that this "regards the wild and fruitless attempts of squaring the circle." The poetic idea seems to be that the geometers try to make a square circle.

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