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008			081117s2008 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
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092			_a509.4109 _bH752
100	1		_aHolmes, Richard, _d1945- _9140378
245	1	4	_aThe age of wonder : _bhow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / _cRichard Holmes.
246	3	0	_aHow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
250			_a1st U.S. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _cc2008.
300			_axxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
505	0		_aJoseph 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.
520			_a"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.
600	1	0	_aDavy, Humphry, _cSir, _d1778-1829. _9140379
600	1	0	_aHerschel, Caroline Lucretia, _d1750-1848. _9140380
600	1	0	_aHerschel, William, _cSir, _d1738-1822. _9120332
650		0	_aDiscoveries in science _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y18th century. _9140381
650		0	_aScience _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y18th century. _9140382
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