Scientists and scoundrels : a book of hoaxes / Robert Silverberg.
- Silverberg, Robert.
- Date:
- 2007
- Books
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Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
Physical description
x, 251 pages ; 21 cm.
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Originally published: New York : Crowell, 1965.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index.
Contents
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.
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Location Status History of MedicineABV /SILOpen shelves
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- 9780803259898
- 0803259891