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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... Society . At the time Lyell was in Boston , a snake with a series of humps about three feet long washed ashore and was brought to the attention of the Linnaean Society . Many claimed it was an exact miniature of the sea serpent of which ...
... society . The doctrine of the latter was expressed in esoteric societies such as the Theosophical Society and the Hermetic Society and sought to establish , within the natural world and governed by natural laws , the mystery and ...
... societies . Becker's 1869 essay ' On the Study of Science by Women ' observes that women were currently barred from the Royal Society , the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Horticultural Society , although there they were ...
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Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
Sea Serpents | 31 |
Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
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