The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]
- Subtitle
- 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
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1. THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE2. PREFACE3. THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE4. I. SQUARING THE CIRCLE5. II THE DUPLICATION OF THE CUBE6. III THE TRISECTION OF AN ANGLE7. IV PERPETUAL MOTION8. V TRANSMUTATION OF THE METALS9. VI THE FIXATION OF MERCURY10. VII THE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE AND THE ELIXIR OF LIFE11. ADDITIONAL "FOLLIES"12. PERPETUAL OR EVER-BURNING LAMPS13. THE ALKAHEST OR UNIVERSAL SOLVENT14. PALINGENESY15. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY16. THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW SENSE AND NEW SENSE-ORGAN17. HOW A SPACE MAY BE APPARENTLY ENLARGED BY CHANGING ITS SHAPE18. CAN A MAN LIFT HIMSELF BY THE STRAPS OF HIS BOOTS?19. HOW A SPIDER LIFTED A SNAKE20. HOW THE SHADOW MAY BE MADE TO MOVE BACKWARD ON THE SUN-DIAL21. HOW A WATCH MAY BE USED AS A COMPASS22. MICROGRAPHY OR MINUTE WRITING AND MICROPHOTOGRAPHY23. ILLUSIONS OF THE SENSES24. OBJECTS APPARENTLY SEEN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE HAND25. LOOKING THROUGH A SOLID BRICK26. THE CHESS-BOARD PROBLEM27. THE NAIL PROBLEM28. A QUESTION OF POPULATION29. HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE30. THE ACTUAL COST AND PRESENT VALUE OF THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE31. ARITHMETICAL PUZZLES32. ARCHIMEDES AND HIS FULCRUM33. INDEX