The Resource Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins of the Victorian age, Sherrie Lynne Lyons
Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins of the Victorian age, Sherrie Lynne Lyons
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- Summary
- "Science permeates nearly every aspect of our lives, and yet, as current debates over intelligent design, the causes of global warming, and alternative health practices indicate, the question of how to distinguish science from pseudoscience remains a difficult one. To address this question, Sherrie Lynne Lyons draws on four examples from the nineteenth century - sea serpent investigations, spiritualism, phrenology, and Darwin's theory of evolution. Each attracted the interest of prominent scientists as well as the general public, yet three remained at the edges of scientific respectability while the fourth, evolutionary theory, although initially regarded as scientific heresy, ultimately became the new scientific orthodoxy." "Taking a serious look at the science behind these examples, Lyons argues that distinguishing between science and pseudoscience, particularly in the midst of discovery, is not as easy as the popular image of science tends to suggest."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 245 pages
- Contents
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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
- Isbn
- 9781438427973
- Label
- Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins of the Victorian age
- Title
- Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls
- Title remainder
- science at the margins of the Victorian age
- Statement of responsibility
- Sherrie Lynne Lyons
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Science permeates nearly every aspect of our lives, and yet, as current debates over intelligent design, the causes of global warming, and alternative health practices indicate, the question of how to distinguish science from pseudoscience remains a difficult one. To address this question, Sherrie Lynne Lyons draws on four examples from the nineteenth century - sea serpent investigations, spiritualism, phrenology, and Darwin's theory of evolution. Each attracted the interest of prominent scientists as well as the general public, yet three remained at the edges of scientific respectability while the fourth, evolutionary theory, although initially regarded as scientific heresy, ultimately became the new scientific orthodoxy." "Taking a serious look at the science behind these examples, Lyons argues that distinguishing between science and pseudoscience, particularly in the midst of discovery, is not as easy as the popular image of science tends to suggest."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lyons, Sherrie Lynne
- Dewey number
- 509.41/09034
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q127.G4
- LC item number
- L96 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- Q 127.G4
- NLM item number
- L991s 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science
- Great Britain
- Science
- History, 19th Century
- United Kingdom
- Wissenschaft
- Pseudowissenschaft
- Naturwissenschaften
- Wissenschaftlichkeit
- Wissenschaftsentwicklung
- Label
- Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins of the Victorian age, Sherrie Lynne Lyons
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 291908016
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 245 pages
- Isbn
- 9781438427973
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008054150
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)291908016
- Label
- Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls : science at the margins of the Victorian age, Sherrie Lynne Lyons
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 291908016
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 245 pages
- Isbn
- 9781438427973
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008054150
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)291908016
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