TY - BOOK AU - Karpenko, Lara P. AU - Claggett, Shalyn 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. DO - 10.3998/mpub.9357346 ID - OAPEN ID: 625286 ID - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1196822293 ID - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31748 KW - History KW - Orchidaceae L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31748/1/625286.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31748/1/625286.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31748/1/625286.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31748/1/625286.pdf LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36873 PB - University of Michigan Press PP - Ann Arbor PY - 2017-01-02 SN - 9780472130177 TI - Strange Science : Investigating the Limits of Knowledge in the Victorian Age ER -