Strange science : : investigating the limits of knowledge in the Victorian Age / / Lara Karpenko and Shalyn Claggett, editors.

• TeilnehmendeR: Karpenko, Lara Pauline,; Claggett, Shalyn R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor, MI : : University of Michigan Press,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) :; illustrations; digital file(s).
• Notes: This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
• Other title: Strange Science, Investigating the Limits of Knowledge in the Victorian Age
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0472122452; 0472900773
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lara Karpenko and Shalyn Claggett, editors.

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 category of the pseudoscientific, fields like mesmerism and psychical research captured the imagination of the Victorian public. Conversely, many branches of science that we now view as uncontroversial, such as physics and botany, were often associated with unorthodox methods of inquiry. Whether incorporated into mainstream scientific thought, or relegated by 21st century historians to the category of the pseudo- or even anti-scientific, these sciences generated conversation, enthusiasm, and controversy within Victorian society.