Foibles and fallacies of science
Subtitle: an account of celebrated scientific vagaries
By: by Daniel W. Hering ...
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand company
Published: 1924
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Common fallacies.; Occultism.; Impostors and imposture.
Other titles: Science, Foibles and fallacies of.
Notes: "References" at end of most of the chapters.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Astrology.; title: Almanacs.; title: The transmutation of metals.; title: The perpetual motion.; title: The overturning of scientific hypotheses.; title: Divination.; title: Geographic mania.; title: Hoaxes.; title: Prophecies.; title: Charlatanism.; title: Radiation.; title: Other ancient chimeras.; title: Appendixes.