01949cam a2200385 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000250009502000220012003500240014204000540016604200140022005000220023408200160025610000280027224501160030025000260041626000450044230000710048750400640055850502510062252002620087365000510113565000660118660000350125260000450128760000370133265000610136965000340143065000350146465000320149965000320153111428220230410132720.0100603t20102008nyuabf   b    001 0 eng    a16264447  a  2010293678  a9781400031870 (pbk.)  a1400031877 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn437298763  aBTCTAcBTCTAdRNLdLEOdEPLdYDXCPdIXAdCDXdDLC  alccopycat14aQ 127bH749a 201000a509.41090331 aHolmes, Richard,d1945-14aThe age of wonder :bhow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /cRichard Holmes.  a1st Vintage Books ed.  aNew York :bVintage Books,c2010, c2008.  axxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates :bill. (some col.), maps ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.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.  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. 0aSciencezGreat BritainxHistoryy18th century. 0aDiscoveries in sciencezGreat BritainxHistoryy18th century.10aHerschel, William,d1738-1822.10aHerschel, Caroline Lucretia,d1750-1848.10aDavy, Humphry,cSir,d1778-1829. 4aDesarrollo científico y tecnológicozGran Bretaña. 4aInvestigación científica. 4aAstronomíaxInvestigaciones. 4aQuímicaxInvestigaciones. 4aFísicaxInvestigaciones .