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

By: Holmes, RichardMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Harper Perennial, 2009Description: xii, 554 pagesISBN: 9780007149537 ; 0007149530Subject(s): Banks, Joseph, -- Sir, -- 1743-1820 | Herschel, William, -- 1738-1822 | Davy, Humphry, -- Sir, -- 1778-1829 | Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Scientists -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century | Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Banks, Joseph, -- 1743-1820 | Intellectual life | Science | Vetenskapsmän -- Storbritannien -- biografiDDC classification: 808.83
Contents:
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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Originally published: London: HarperPress, 2008.

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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