Abstract
“LORD, what fools these mortals be,” quotes the reader as he lays down Prof. Hering's book “Foibles and Fallacies of Science.” Astrology, the transmutation of metals, perpetual motion, divination, prophecies, charlatanism, are some of the titles of the chapters, and they give a good idea of the contents of a book which contains much curious and interesting information.
Foibles and Fallacies of Science: an Account of Celebrated Scientific Vagaries.
By Prof. Daniel W. Hering. Pp. xiii + 294. (New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1924.) 2.50 dollars.
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S., G. Foibles and Fallacies of Science: an Account of Celebrated Scientific Vagaries. Nature 114, 458–459 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114458a0
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