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Author:

Holmes, Richard, 1945-

Title:

The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Pantheon Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Science--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Discoveries in science--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Herschel, William,--Sir,--1738-1822.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia,--1750-1848.
Davy, Humphry,--Sir,--1778-1829.
Wetenschap.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.

Contents:

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.

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.

ISBN:

0375422226
9780375422225

OCLC:

(OCoLC)264044731

LCCN:

2008049587

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