Perpetual Motion

1 3/4" x 1 3/8"
64 numbered pages, 48 illustrations

A collection, in no particular historical order, of examples of wishful thinking. Sir Isaac Newton wrote that seekers of perpetual motion were trying to get something from nothing, and  The Second Law of Thermodynamics proved that perpetual motion was impossible, but that hasn't stopped thousands of hopeful people from trying their hands at it. The current environmental crisis has spurred a renewed interest in the subject. If your great idea looks like one of the diagrams in this book, go back to the drawing board (or back to Physics 101).

Bound in black paper, with paper labels on the front, back, and spine, and decorative endpapers.

This product was added to our catalog  October 24, 2009