Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins in the Victorian age / / Sherrie Lynne Lyons
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 509.41/09034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls |
| ISBN: | 1-4384-2802-2 |
| 1-4416-2972-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807133403321 |
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