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Foibles and fallacies of science; an account of celebrated scientific vagaries / by Daniel W. Hering.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hering, D. W. (Daniel Webster), 1850-1938.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Common fallacies.
- Occultism.
- Impostors and imposture.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 294 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates (including portraits, facsimiles) diagrams ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Science, Foibles and fallacies of.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1924.
- Contents:
- Introduction.
- Astrology.
- Almanacs.
- The transmutation of metals.
- The perpetual motion.
- The overturning of scientifc hypotheses.
- Divination.
- Geographic mania.
- Hoaxes.
- Prophecies.
- Charlatanism.
- Radiation.
- Other ancient chimeras.
- Appendixes.
- Notes:
- "References" at end of most of the chapers.
- OCLC:
- 268216
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