Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific ThinkingDavid Clifford 'Sciences' were named and formed with great speed in the nineteenth century. Yet what constitutes a 'true' science? The Victorian era facilitated the rise of practices such as phrenology and physiognomy, so-called sciences that lost their status and fell out of use rather swiftly. This collection of essays seeks to examine the marginalised sciences of the nineteenth century in an attempt to define the shifting centres of scientific thinking, specifically asking: how do some sciences emerge to occupy central ground and how do others become consigned to the margins? The essays in this collection explore the influence of nineteenth-century culture on the rise of these sciences, investigating the emergence of marginal sciences such as scriptural geology and spiritualism. 'Repositioning Victorian Sciences' is a valuable addition to our understanding of nineteenth-century science in its original context, and will also be of great interest to those studying the era as a whole. |
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... Faraday : Faraday had agreed to meet Home for just such a scientific investigation but , neither party having been happy with the circumstances proposed , the planned séance was can- celled ( 5 May , p.3 ) . The situation in 1868 was ...
... Faraday's shadow . Tyndall also asks Faraday's original sup- porter in 1861 to publish his letter of refusal , to clear up ' all apparent differ- ences between Mr. Home and myself ' . Without overtly responding to Home's challenge ...
... Faraday's initial letter , which was ( if Faraday intended a serious meeting ) ' injudicious ' : ' It does not follow that because a man is a great philosopher he is able to write a good lawyer's letter . ' However , Faraday's desire ...
Contents
Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
Sea Serpents | 31 |
Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
Copyright | |
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