The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science

Holmes, Richard 1945- (Author).

Summary: "The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.

Item details

ISBN: 9780375422225 :
ISBN: 0375422226 :
Physical Description: print
xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Joseph Banks in paradise -- Herschel on the moon -- Balloonists in heaven -- Herschel among the stars -- Mungo Park in Africa -- Davy on the gas -- Dr. Frankenstein and the soul -- Davy and the lamp -- Sorcerer and apprentice -- Young scientists.

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Subject:

Herschel, William 1738-1822
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia 1750-1848
Davy, Humphry Sir 1778-1829
Science Great Britain History 18th century
Discoveries in science Great Britain History 18th century

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