Scientists and scoundrels : a book of hoaxes / Robert Silverberg.

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, 2007.

x, 251 pages ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : Crowell, 1965.

The lying stones of Dr. Beringer.-- The marvelous magnetism of Dr. Mesmer.-- The men on the moon.-- The sea serpent of Dr. Koch.-- John Keely's perpetual-motion machine.-- The Kensington stone.-- Dr. Cook and the North Pole.-- Paul Schliemann and the lost continent of Atlantis.-- The Etruscan sculptures.-- The case of the Venezuelan ape-man.-- The Kammerer tragedy.-- Otto Fischer's rocket ride.-- The Piltdown puzzle.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index.