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The Seven Follies of Science

by John Phin

The seven follies of science; 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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Scotland

John Phin was a prolific author and publisher, a teacher of applied science and a Shakespeare scholar.    He was born at 4 Bank Street in Edinburgh's Old Town the son of...

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