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

Holmes, Richard, 1945- author.

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"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.

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Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829

Discoveries in science Great Britain History 18th century

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848

Herschel, William, 1738-1822

Science Great Britain History 18th century

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ISBN:

9781400031870

Edition:

First Vintage Books edition

Description:

xxi, 552 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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

LCCN:

2010293678

Control Number:

3279716

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