FACTS AND FALLACIES. A Book of Definitive Mistakes and Misguided Predictions

by Morgan, Chris and David Langford

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New York: St Martin's Press. 1981. Boards in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good. "176pp. The Bishop of Ussher famously calculated that, based on the Bible, the Earth was craeted in 4004 BC on Sunday, October 21st at 9 o'clock in the morning; a Victorian sexologist stated that twins were the result of multiple acts of intercourse; Aristotle, wise in so many ways, did not believe that birds urinated. A fascinating compendium of oddball facts, divided into sections for easy perusing: arts, astronomy, aviation through warfare, women, world's end and zymurgy. Whoops!"