Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls science at the margins in the Victorian age / Sherrie Lynne Lyons.

Author/creator Lyons, Sherrie Lynne, 1947-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany : SUNY Press,
Descriptionxiv, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
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LCCN 2008054150
ISBN9781438427973 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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