Strange Science : Investigating the Limits of Knowledge in the Victorian Age

'Strange Science: Investigating the Limits of Knowledge in the Victorian Age' is an unprecedented collection that examines marginal, fringe, and unconventional forms of scientific inquiry, as well as their cultural representations in the Victorian period. Although now relegated to the cate...

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Main Author: Karpenko, Lara P. (auth)
Other Authors: Claggett, Shalyn (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 20170102
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