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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459207803321

Titolo

Repositioning Victorian sciences : shifting centres in nineteenth-century scientific thinking / / edited by David Clifford [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-283-37768-3

9786613377685

1-84331-751-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem nineteenth century studies

Disciplina

509.41/09034

Soggetti

Science - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Margins and centres / Alex Warwick -- ; 2. 'Speakers concerning the Earth' : Ruskin's geology after 1860 / Caroline Trowbridge -- ; 3. Swimming at the edges of scientific respectability : sea serpents in the Victorian era / Sherrie Lyons -- ; 4. 'The drugs, the blister and the lancet are all laid aside' : hydropathy and medical orthodoxy in Scotland, 1840-1900 / Alastair Durie -- ; 5. Anna Kingsford : scientist and sorceress / Alison Butler -- ; 6. A science for one or a science for all? : physiognomy, self-help, and the practical benefits of science / Lucy Hartley -- ; 7. 'Supposed differences' : Lydia Becker and Victorian women's participation in the BAAS / Susan David Bernstein.

Sommario/riassunto

An intriguing look at the marginal sciences of the nineteenth century and their influence on the culture of the period.