- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Percival Lowell and the Boston Brahmins
- I. The Private Lowell
- 1. The Making of an Improper Bostonian
- 2. Lowell and His Peers
- 3. Preparation of a Polymath
- 4. New Careers
- II. Lowell as Spencerian
- 5. Cosmic Philosopher
- 6. Image-Maker
- 7. Psychical Researcher
- 8. Cosmogonist
- III. Lowell as Astronomer
- 9. From “Astronomical Picnic” to Observatory
- 10. Lowell’s Campaign for the Canals of Mars
- 11. The Establishment Responds
- 12. The Search for Recognition
- Conclusion: A Proper Bostonian on Mars Hill
- Notes
- Index
Percival Lowell
The Culture and Science of a Boston Brahmin
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Publication Date: 02/15/2001
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