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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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375422225 :
- ISBN: 0375422226 :
- Physical Description: xxi, 552 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Joseph 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Juniata County Library | 509.41 HOL (Text) | 39640100249075 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
