TY - BOOK ID - 36694191 TI - Strange science : investigating the limits of knowledge in the Victorian Age AU - Karpenko, Lara Pauline AU - Claggett, Shalyn R. PY - 2017 SN - 0472900773 9780472900770 9780472122455 0472122452 9780472130177 047213017X 0472122452 PB - Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Parapsychology KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - Great Britain KW - Natural science KW - Natural sciences KW - Science of science KW - Sciences KW - Metaphysics (Parapsychology) KW - Paranormal phenomena KW - Psi (Parapsychology) KW - Psychic phenomena KW - Psychical research KW - Psychology KW - Occultism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36694191 AB - '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. ER -