The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the 18th century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science, "The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2008]
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the 18th century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science, "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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| Physical Description: | xxi, 552 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0375422226 9780375422225 |