Book ID: CBB001031601

The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870--1939 (2009)

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Wolffram, Heather (Author)


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Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: 342 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Sommer, Andreas (2011) Review of "The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870--1939". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 144). unapi

Review Lachapelle, Sofie (2011) Review of "The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870--1939". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

Review Lembert, Alexandra (2011) Review of "The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870--1939". Medical History (p. 130). unapi

Review Dyde, Sean (2011) Review of "The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870--1939". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 403). unapi

Review Sawicki, Diethard (2011) Review of "The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870--1939". German History (p. 150). unapi

Review Hau, Michael (2011) Review of "The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870--1939". Central European History (p. 738). unapi

Essay Review Asprem, Egil (2013) [Essay review]. Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism (pp. 281-287). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wolffram, Heather
Sommer, Andreas
Alvarado, Carlos S.
Bevis Beauvais
Evrard, Renaud
Leporiere, Lorenzo
Journals
Medical History
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
History of the Human Sciences
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Science in Context
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Publishers
University of Illinois Press
University of Chicago Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
Empêcheurs de Penser en Rond
Campus
Concepts
Occult sciences
Parapsychology; psychic phenomena
Psychology
Spiritualism
Hypnosis and hypnotism
Telepathy
People
Schrenck-Notzing, Albert von
Palladino, Eusapia
Moll, Albert
Lang, Andrew
Richet, Charles Robert
Myers, Frederic William Henry
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Germany
France
United States
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Europe
China
Institutions
Society for Psychical Research
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