Reviews for Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada

The average rating for Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-09-06 00:00:00 Mary Mckay I lost interest when Hageneder compared the growing habits of maple to astrological symbolism. The horizontally searching branches represent expanding consciousness apparently. That may or may not be the case, but i have no experiential context in which to test that theory. This is the main problem with the book. While the tree biology and folklore sections are interesting, i could do without the seemingly random esoteric connections the author makes. They require a great leap of faith on the reader's behalf. I want a list of sources and citations when bold claims are made, I'm afraid this book just doesnt make a clear enough distinction between verifiable fact and the author's conjecture. Perhaps better off reading a specialist tree biology book, or a specialist cultural anthropology book for both the science and folklore aspects respectively.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-07-04 00:00:00 Pat Hazelton It was great.