Seven Follies of Science

Episodes

• Preface

  Episode 0 · 5:02
• Introductory Note

  Episode 1 · 15:38
• Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1

  Episode 2 · 30:47
• Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2

  Episode 3 · 17:31
• Folly 2: The Duplication of the Cube

  Episode 4 · 5:12
• Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle

  Episode 5 · 5:08
• Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1

  Episode 6 · 12:13
• Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities

  Episode 7 · 35:58
• Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and Frauds

  Episode 8 · 25:29
• Folly 5: The Transmutation of Metals--Alchemy

  Episode 9 · 29:52
• Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury

  Episode 10 · 6:08
• Folly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life

  Episode 11 · 6:19
• Additional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and Sympathy

  Episode 12 · 23:15
• The Fourth Dimension

  Episode 13 · 20:27
• Space, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and Compasses

  Episode 14 · 14:08
• Micrography

  Episode 15 · 23:40
• Illusions of the Senses

  Episode 16 · 8:03
• Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick

  Episode 17 · 4:08
• Curious Arithmetical Problems

  Episode 18 · 22:55
• Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam Engines

  Episode 19 · 12:31
• Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and Dynamite

  Episode 20 · 14:44
• Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and Hair

  Episode 21 · 14:17
• Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered Glass

  Episode 22 · 13:55
• Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and Frankenstein

  Episode 23 · 11:34
• Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power

  Episode 24 · 15:14