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

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2010, c2008.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781400031870 (pbk.)
  • 1400031877 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.4109033
LOC classification:
  • Q 127 H749a 2010
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.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) Q 127 H749a 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000107632

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.

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