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

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

"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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Main Author: Holmes, Richard, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, 2008.
Edition:First United Sates edition.
Subjects:
Herschel, William, > 1738-1822.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, > 1750-1848.
Davy, Humphry, > Sir, > 1778-1829.
Science > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Discoveries in science > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Shwachman

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Call Number: Q127.G4 H65 2008
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