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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 20
... Vestiges did not remain a static target for critics . He made significant changes to his ideas , often after surreptitiously consulting authorities such as George ... Vestiges , which he ' SCRIPTURAL GEOLOGY ' AND VESTIGES OF CREATION 137.
... Vestiges , which he saw as being ' supported only by antiquated assertions ' . 19 Chambers saw himself as a natural philosopher rather than as a scientist . Throughout his writings in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal , he seldom used the ...
... Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings ( Chicago , Chicago University Press , 1994 ) , for a summary of changes , and Secord , Victorian Sensation for a discussion of same . For further discussion of ...
Contents
Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
Sea Serpents | 31 |
Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown