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Seven Follies of Science

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Seven Follies of Science

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)

Year of Publication: 1913Genres: Science,Nature,*Non-fiction
Running Time: 6 hours 34 minutes 08 seconds(25 chapters)
Language: EnglishRead by: tmkenny, Availle, Stephanie Lee
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The Nights
Preface
tmkenny
5:02
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Introductory Note
tmkenny
15:38
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Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1
Availle
30:47
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Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2
Availle
17:31
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Folly 2: The Duplication of the Cube
Availle
5:12
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Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle
Availle
5:08
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Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1
Tom Crawford
12:13
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Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities
mevans
35:58
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Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and Frauds
mevans
25:29
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Folly 5: The Transmutation of Metals--Alchemy
Bev J Stevens
29:52
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Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury
tmkenny
6:08
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Folly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life
tmkenny
6:19
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Additional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and Sympathy
Corinna Schultz
23:15
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The Fourth Dimension
RudeJohn
20:27
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Space, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and Compasses
Maye
14:08
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Micrography
Viridian
23:40
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Illusions of the Senses
Guero
8:03
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Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick
Guero
4:08
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Curious Arithmetical Problems
tmkenny
22:55
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam Engines
Stephanie Lee
12:31
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and Dynamite
Stephanie Lee
14:44
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and Hair
Stephanie Lee
14:17
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered Glass
Viridian
13:55
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and Frankenstein
Amy Gramour
11:34
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Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power
Alchemist
15:14

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