Under The Microscope: Science, Religion and the Origin of Life through the Eyes of Victorian England

by Gillian Jones

The argument over so-called 'spontaneous generation' of life was bitterly fought in the mid nineteenth century. The Reverend Dr William Dallinger laboured in the shadows of the more flamboyant personalities of scientists Thomas Huxley and John Tyndall. Reconciling religion with the scientific discoveries of the Victorian age and preaching 'the harmony of science and religion' was the life work of the boy from Devonport who rose to become Fellow of the Royal Society and three times President of the Royal Microscopical Societyas well as one of the foremost Methodist preachers of his age.

205 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 3, 2019

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