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About this book
Perfect for anyone with an interest in our scientific history, When the Earth Was Flat exposes the scientific theories that were once widely believed to be true but have since been disproved. Featuring ideas that now seem more crazy than credible, from the human body being made up of only four humours - black and yellow bile, blood and phlegm - to the discovery of the so-called 'missing link' in the evolutionary chain. When the Earth Was Flat tells the fascinating story behind those scientific theories we once believed to be true, and shows how the way we view the world, and the way we think the world works, has changed completely throughout history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Dedication and Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Having Your Bumps Felt: The physical measurements of the skull correlate to a person’s personality
- Bad Vibrations: A battalion of marching soldiers can cause a suspension bridge to collapse
- Going For Gold: All base metals can be turned into gold
- Good Vibrations: Hysteria is the sole preserve of women and it can only be alleviated by genital stimulation
- All Smoke and Quivvers: Tobacco can cure a variety of health problems
- Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkeys!: Injecting monkeys’ glands into humans encourages sexual rejuvenation
- From Mendle to Mengele: The selective breeding of humans can weed out the weak from society
- Plane Stupidity: The earth is flat
- From Popcorn to Mozart: Humans can be influenced by subliminal messaging
- Victoria’s Secret: Cocaine and heroin can cure a range of man’s ills
- Heaven Scent: Disease is caused by foul smell and lack of personal hygiene
- The Origin of the Specious: There is a missing link in the evolutionary chain
- Serving One’s Fellow Man: African and Polynesian societies indulged in cannibalism
- Rats Get a Bad Press: The plagues of the Middle Ages were bubonic and carried by rats’ fleas
- Who’s Your Daddy?: Offspring can inherit characteristics of previous mates of the female parent
- Subterranean Homesick Blues: The earth is a hollow vessel
- Are Bears Polar?: The bodies of animals contain a life energy that can be influenced by external magnetic forces
- Liquid Assets: The body is made up of four humours – blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
- Bibliography
- Index