Seven Follies of Science

John Phin · narrated by LibriVox volunteers

6h 34m$1.99

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Seven Follies of Science by John Phin. A LibriVox public-domain recording, lovingly kept in the Calmtone library.

Inside this audiobook

25 chapters

1Preface5m
2Introductory Note16m
3Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 131m
4Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 218m
5Folly 2: The Duplication the Cube5m
6Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle5m
7Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 112m
8Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities36m
9Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and Frauds26m
10Folly 5: The Transmutaion of Metals--Alchemy30m
11Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury6m
12Folly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life6m
13Additional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and Sympathy23m
14The Fourth Dimension20m
15Space, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and Compasses14m
16Micrography24m
17Illusions of the Senses8m
18Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick4m
19Curious Arithmetical Problems23m
20Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam Engines13m
21Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and Dynamite15m
22Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and Hair14m
23Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered Glass14m
24Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and Frankenstein12m
25Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power15m