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Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time

Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time
By John Grant

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This book presents a trawl through the history of those scientific ideas which seemed plausible, at least to some, but turned out to be wrong. It includes flat earth, hollow earth, lost worlds and bizarre ideas about evolution; Piltdown man and other scams; alchemy, aliens, humours and homunculi...It offers a feast of curiosities.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #93618 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-10-02
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 1.25" h x 4.84" w x 7.42" l, 1.18 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 320 pages

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