02389nam 2200589Ia 450 991080713340332120240417032311.01-4384-2802-21-4416-2972-610.1515/9781438428024(CKB)1000000000817774(OCoLC)802049968(CaPaEBR)ebrary10573967(SSID)ssj0000343139(PQKBManifestationID)12126157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343139(PQKBWorkID)10305811(PQKB)10653997(Au-PeEL)EBL3407106(CaPaEBR)ebr10573967(DE-B1597)684271(DE-B1597)9781438428024(MiAaPQ)EBC3407106(EXLCZ)99100000000081777420081223d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSpecies, serpents, spirits, and skulls science at the margins in the Victorian age /Sherrie Lynne Lyons1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20091 online resource (263 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-2798-0 1-4384-2797-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.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.Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience.ScienceGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainIntellectual life19th centuryScienceHistory509.41/09034Lyons Sherrie Lynne1947-1643630MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807133403321Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls3988988UNINA