The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] : (Registro nro. 77387)
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| Personal name | Phin, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1830-1913 |
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| Title | The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] : |
| Remainder of title | 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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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2011 |
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| General note | Release date is 2011-06-28 |
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| Formatted contents note | 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, alchemy. The fixation of mercury. 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 -- A small budget of paradoxes, illusions, and marvels (with apologies to Professor De Morgan): The fourth dimension. How a space may be apparently enlarged by merely 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; writing so fine that the whole Bible, if written in characters of the same size, might be inscribed twenty-two times on a square inch. Illusions of the senses (taste and smell; sense of heat; sense of hearing; sense of touch, one thing appearing as two). How objects may be apparently seen through a hole in the hand. How to see (apparently) 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. |
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| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Stephen Blundell and the<br/>Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net<br/>(This file was produced from images generously made<br/>available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
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| Summary, etc. | "The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]" by John Phin is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores some of the most infamous scientific impossibilities and the historical attempts made to solve them, detailing concepts such as squaring the circle, perpetual motion, and the philosopher's stone. By presenting these topics in a straightforward manner, the author aims to make complex ideas accessible to the general reader. At the start of the publication, the author introduces the concept of 'scientific follies'—problems that have captivated the human imagination despite being mathematically impossible. Phin emphasizes the allure these challenges hold, noting that many seek to solve them out of sheer curiosity and sometimes misguided confidence. In addition to shedding light on various famous problems, he touches upon the historical context and cultural fascination surrounding them, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of each folly in the chapters to follow. Overall, the opening portion lays a foundation for examining the intersection of human curiosity, error, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge in science. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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| Uncontrolled term | Geometry -- Famous problems |
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| Uncontrolled term | Scientific recreations |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36547">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36547</a> |
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