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|aHolmes, Richard,|d1945-
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|aThe age of wonder :|bhow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /|cRichard Holmes.
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|a1st Vintage books ed.
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|aNew York :|bVintage Books,|c2010.
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|axxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates :|bill. (some col.), maps ;|c24 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
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|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.
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|a"The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": aninfinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.
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|aHerschel, William,|d1738-1822.
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|aHerschel, Caroline Lucretia,|d1750-1848.
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|aDavy, Humphry,|cSir,|d1778-1829.
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|aScience|zGreat Britain|xHistory|y18th century.
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|aDiscoveries in science|zGreat Britain|xHistory|y18th century.
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