Science in Wonderland : The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain.

Cover -- Science in Wonder Land: The scientific fairy tales of Victorian Britain -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Plates -- Introduction: Nothing but Facts? -- Science for the people -- The wand of reason -- A fairy tale age -- The fairy tales of science -- 1: Once Upon a Time -- The age of monsters -- Dragonology -- Fairyland in ´fifty four -- 2: Real Fairy Folk -- A story without an end -- The adventures of Madalene and Louisa -- Fairy Know-a-Bit -- Real Fairy folks -- 3: Familiar Fairylands -- The world in a drop of water -- A drop of london water -- A drop of water on its travels -- Down the microscope -- 4: Wonderlands of Evolution -- Evolution in the family -- Evolutionary authorship -- Nature´s fairy tale -- An evolutionary Märchen -- 5: Through Magic Glasses -- Natural magic -- In the sky-garden -- 6: Modern Marvels -- Goblins and ghosts -- Grander tours -- Wizards and demons -- Behind the scenes at the theatre -- Conclusion: Stranger than Fiction -- Nothing but the truth -- Science in wonderland -- Further Reading -- Endnotes -- Index.

Victorian Britain was full of excitement and debate about the new scientific ideas. In Science in Wonderland, Melanie Keene shows how Victorian writers used the medium of the fairy tale to bring chemistry, entomology, palaeontology, and evolution to young audiences.

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