List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1.Introduction: An Age of Transition 2.Swimming at the Edges of Scientific Respectability: Sea Serpents, Charles Lyell, and the Professionalization of Geology 3.Franz Gall, Johann Spurzheim, George Combe, and Phrenology: A Science for Everyone 4.The Crisis in Faith: William Crookes and Spiritualism 5.Morals and Materialism: Alfred Russel Wallace, Spiritualism, and the Problem of Evolution 6.Thatige Skepsis: Thomas Huxley and Evolutionary Theory 7.Negotiating the Boundaries of Science: An Ongoing Process Notes Bibliography Index
Sherrie Lynne Lyons is Assistant Professor at the Center for Distance Learning of Empire State College, State University of New York. She is author of Thomas Henry Huxley: The Evolution of a Scientist.
"Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls is a welcome addition to the science educator's toolkit that should help in the struggle to promote better scientific literacy, including the study of pseudoscience." - Science and Education "...well written ... [and] useful for teaching." - Journal of British Studies "Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls is strongest when it immerses the reader in the particulars of Victorian scientific practice and personalities. The narrative flows smoothly, the explanations of unfamiliar scientific concepts are clear, and the stories are satisfyingly complex without becoming impenetrable, even to the general readers who are the book's intended audience ... its case studies boldly and clearly advance its central point." - Reports of the National Center for Science Education "Lyons makes a convincing argument that even though contemporary science is evidence based, it is not and never will be fully isolated or immune from external influences such as religious belief, social policy, or politics ... Highly recommended." - CHOICE
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