The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]

This edition had all images removed. LoC No.: 06002330 Title: The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]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 Contents: Preface -- The seven follies of science: Introductory note. Squaring the circle. The duplication of the cube. The trisection of an angle. Perpetual motion. The transmutation of metals,...