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GtrsRGr8 · 03-10-2017, 04:26 PM

I love the website unglue.it. I've posted several of the Open Access (free) ebooks that they have featured on their site.

I love the site in part for selfish reasons. There are now an enormous amount of Open Access books available. Of course, not all are of good quality. Unglue.it let's me be a little lazy, because they vet Open Access books, and then post only those that they think are worthy of being posted. Of course, I do a little vetting myself, in order to be more confident of the quality of the books, but unglue.it's work still saves me some work. And, being human, I like to avoid as much unnecessary work as possible.

Unglue.it's featured free ebook right now is from the University of Michigan Press. It is Strange Science: Investigating the Limits of Knowledge in the Victorian Age, by Lara Pauline Karpenko and Shalyn Rae Claggett (editors).

The blurb:
'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.

The book was published just last year (2016).

Curious how much a copy of this book is at Amazon? A brand new hardcover is $60; apparently they do not sell it in any other format, including any digital one.

Get your free copy by clicking "Read It Now," just beneath the thumbnail image of the book cover, at unglue.it. Sorry, but the only format available right now is in PDF, but it isn't watermarked and it is DRM-Free. So, it's not very hard to convert it to a format that you might like better.

Thank you, Open Access! Thank you, University of Michigan Press! Thank you, unglue.it!

03-10-2017, 04:26 PM	#145
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Get this $60 Book about "Science" in the Victorian Age FREE via Open Access! I love the website unglue.it. I've posted several of the Open Access (free) ebooks that they have featured on their site. I love the site in part for selfish reasons. There are now an enormous amount of Open Access books available. Of course, not all are of good quality. Unglue.it let's me be a little lazy, because they vet Open Access books, and then post only those that they think are worthy of being posted. Of course, I do a little vetting myself, in order to be more confident of the quality of the books, but unglue.it's work still saves me some work. And, being human, I like to avoid as much unnecessary work as possible. Unglue.it's featured free ebook right now is from the University of Michigan Press. It is Strange Science: Investigating the Limits of Knowledge in the Victorian Age, by Lara Pauline Karpenko and Shalyn Rae Claggett (editors). The blurb: '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. The book was published just last year (2016). Curious how much a copy of this book is at Amazon? A brand new hardcover is $60; apparently they do not sell it in any other format, including any digital one. Get your free copy by clicking "Read It Now," just beneath the thumbnail image of the book cover, at unglue.it. Sorry, but the only format available right now is in PDF, but it isn't watermarked and it is DRM-Free. So, it's not very hard to convert it to a format that you might like better. Thank you, Open Access! Thank you, University of Michigan Press! Thank you, unglue.it! Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-10-2017 at 04:32 PM.