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Autore |
Lyons Sherrie Lynne <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins in the Victorian age / / Sherrie Lynne Lyons |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4384-2802-2 |
1-4416-2972-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : an age of transition -- Swimming at the edges of scientific respectability : sea serpents, Charles Lyell, and the professionalization of geology -- Franz Gall, Johann Spurzheim, George Combe and phrenology : a science for everyone -- The crisis in faith : William Crookes and spiritualism -- Morals and materialism : Alfred Russel Wallace, spiritualism, and the problem of evolution -- Thatige skepsis : Thomas Huxley and evolutionary theory -- Negotiating the boundaries of science : an ongoing process. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience. |
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