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2008

Format:	Book
Author:	Holmes, Richard, 1945- author.
Title:	The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.
Edition:	First United States edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Pantheon Books, 2008. ©2008
Description:	xxi, 552 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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.
Subjects:	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.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, 2009
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:	2008049587
ISBN:	9780375422225 0375422226 9781400031870 1400031877 9780375422225
Other Number:	264044731
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Call Number:	509.4109 Holmes

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