| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Science. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lyons, Sherrie Lynne, 1947- Species, serpents, spirits, and skulls. Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009 9781438427973 (DLC) 2008054150 (OCoLC)291908016 |
| ISBN |
9781441629722 (electronic book) |
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1441629726 (electronic book) |
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