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Some of the major transformations which occurred across the Victorian period were: the change from "natural philosophy" and "natural history" to "science", the shift from gentlemen and clerical naturalists to, for the first time, professional "scientists", the development and eventual diffusion of belief in natural laws and ongoing progress, secularization, growing interaction between science, government and industry, the formalization of science education, and a growing internationalism of science. The Victorian age also witnessed some of the most fundamental transformations of beliefs about nature and the place of humans in the universe.
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Great source for information on scientific personas and activities during the Victorian era. Contains biographies of many scientists including Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Sigmund Freud, William Paley, Herbert Spencer, and Louis Agassiz. Overviews of scientific disciples are organized by Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Psychology, Mathematics, and Medicine. Links to both on and off-site reproductions of primary documents are available as are a diversity of images. A list of links to related sites, as well as a number of bibliographies are provided as well.