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The principle “Errare humanum est” (To err is human, Seneca the Elder) goes back to ancient Rome. Sometimes errors are caused by external influences, then we call them deceits. Sometimes very serious and intelligent persons make a mistake, then we prefer to call it delusion.

This book compiles a wide variety of delusions and deceits that annoyed people (or enjoyed them) in various spheres – in science, in politics, in art, in sport and in popular culture. You will see that humans have been deluding and deceiving their fellow men since the most ancient times.

The book is for the general reader.