Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls: Science at the Margins in the Victorian Age - Softcover

Lyons, Sherrie Lynne

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9781438427980: Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls: Science at the Margins in the Victorian Age

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ISBN 10: 1438427980 ISBN 13: 9781438427980

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2010

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Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience.

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Review:

"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

About the Author:

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.

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