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Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins of the Victorian age /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
SUNY Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.