Forgotten science : strange ideas from the scrapheap of history
Tucker, S. D. (Steven)2018
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From the idea that the Earth could be hollow, to the notion that bees were far too religious to bother with sex, to the claim that a dying civilisation might inhabit Mars, there have been many crackpot scientific ideas and schemes proposed throughout history. Some of these ideas remained the preserve of the lunatic fringe, whilst others were sincerely believed in by credible mainstream figures and were even put into actual practice. S.D. Tucker discusses the history and nature of several of the most bizarre and outmoded ideas from throughout history, discovering which had a grain of truth to them and which were always destined to end up on the scrapheap of history.
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Author:
Tucker, S. D. (Steven), author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781445686578 (pbk)
Dewey class:
509
LC class:
Q172.5.E77
Language:
English
BRN:
2348303