{"product_id":"2940012855268","title":"The Seven Follies of Science [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, linked footnotes, and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e • 46 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubtitle:  A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroductory Note\u003cbr\u003eI Squaring the Circle\u003cbr\u003eIII The Duplication of the Cube\u003cbr\u003eIII The Trisection of an Angle\u003cbr\u003eIV Perpetual Motion\u003cbr\u003eV The Transmutation of Metals—Alchemy\u003cbr\u003eVI The Fixation of Mercury\u003cbr\u003eVII The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADDITIONAL FOLLIES\u003cbr\u003ePerpetual or Ever-burning Lamps\u003cbr\u003eThe Alkahest or Universal Solvent\u003cbr\u003ePalingenesy\u003cbr\u003eThe Powder of Sympathy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA SMALL BUDGET OF PARADOXES, ILLUSIONS, AND MARVELS (WITH APOLOGIES TO PROFESSOR DE MORGAN)\u003cbr\u003eThe Fourth Dimension\u003cbr\u003eHow a Space may be apparently Enlarged by merely changing its Shape\u003cbr\u003eCan a Man Lift Himself by the Straps of his Boots?\u003cbr\u003eHow a Spider Lifted a Snake\u003cbr\u003eHow the Shadow may be made to move backward on the Sun-dial\u003cbr\u003eHow a Watch may be used as a Compass\u003cbr\u003eMicrography 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\u003cbr\u003eIllusions of the Senses\u003cbr\u003eTaste and Smell\u003cbr\u003eSense of Heat\u003cbr\u003eSense of Hearing\u003cbr\u003eSense of Touch—One Thing Appearing as Two\u003cbr\u003eHow Objects may be apparently Seen through a Hole in the Hand\u003cbr\u003eHow to See (apparently) through a Solid Brick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCURIOUS ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS\u003cbr\u003eThe Chess-board Problem\u003cbr\u003eThe Nail Problem\u003cbr\u003eA Question of Population\u003cbr\u003eHow to Become a Millionaire\u003cbr\u003eThe Actual Cost and Present Value of the First Folio Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003eArithmetical Puzzles\u003cbr\u003eArchimedes and His Fulcrum","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182467367152,"sku":"2940012855268","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012855268_p0.jpg?v=1763573601","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012855268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}