The X Club: Power and Authority in Victorian Science by Ruth Barton

The X Club: Power and Authority in Victorian Science

Ruth Barton

576 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

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In 1864, amid headline-grabbing heresy trials, members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science were asked to sign a declaration affirming that science and scripture were in agreement. Many criticized the new test of orthodoxy; ni...

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