The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /
Holmes, Richard, 1945-
The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / How the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science Richard Holmes. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2008. - xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
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.
"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.
0375422226 : $40.00 9780375422225 : $40.00
2008049587
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.
Discoveries in science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / How the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science Richard Holmes. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2008. - xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
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.
"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.
0375422226 : $40.00 9780375422225 : $40.00
2008049587
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.
Discoveries in science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Science--History--Great Britain--18th century.