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020			_a9781400031870 (pbk.)
020			_a1400031877 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn437298763
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050	1	4	_aQ 127 _bH749a 2010
082	0	0	_a509.4109033
100	1		_aHolmes, Richard, _d1945-
245	1	4	_aThe age of wonder : _bhow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / _cRichard Holmes.
250			_a1st Vintage Books ed.
260			_aNew York : _bVintage Books, _c2010, c2008.
300			_axxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c24 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.
650		0	_aScience _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aDiscoveries in science _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y18th century.
600	1	0	_aHerschel, William, _d1738-1822.
600	1	0	_aHerschel, Caroline Lucretia, _d1750-1848.
600	1	0	_aDavy, Humphry, _cSir, _d1778-1829.
650		4	_aDesarrollo científico y tecnológico _zGran Bretaña.
650		4	_aInvestigación científica.
650		4	_aAstronomía _xInvestigaciones.
650		4	_aQuímica _xInvestigaciones.
650		4	_aFísica _xInvestigaciones .
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