Links on Alchemy

1. From the "Skeptic's Dictionary:

http://skepdic.com/alchem.html

2. A very scholarly-sounding page on alchemy writtne from a rather "non-skeptical" point of view.

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/intro.html

3. And here's an even more amusing bit of Alchemical nonsense!

http://www.best.com/~handpen/Bio/alchemy.htm

Links on Phlogiston

A brief, easy-to-understand description of Phlogiston Theory

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/hccinfo/instruct/div5/sci/sci122/atomic/skepchem/phloggen.html

An interesting explanation of the chemistry of phlogiston:

http://www.mcn.net/~jimloy/phlogstn.html

Cold Fusion Links

What is the current scientific thinking on cold fusion? (Scientific American)

http://www.scientificamerican.com/askexpert/physics/physics6.html

What if Cold Fusion is Real? (Wired Magazine)

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.11/coldfusion_pr.html

Piltdown Man

PILTDOWN: Evidence of Smith-Woodward's Complicity

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown/drawhorn.html

The Piltdown Man Home Page- a treasure trove of information and links dealing with the actual finds, repercussions, and data to figure out "whodunnit":

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown.html

On the possible involvement of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/piltdown.html

The Sokal Affair:

http://physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/

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