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020			_a9780007149537
020			_a 0007149530
040			_cCUS
082			_a808.83 _bHOL/A
100			_aHolmes, Richard.
245			_aThe age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / _cRichard Holmes
260			_aLondon : _bHarper Perennial, _c2009.
300			_axii, 554 pages.
500			_aOriginally published: London: HarperPress, 2008.
505			_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.
650			_aBanks, Joseph, -- Sir, -- 1743-1820.
650			_aHerschel, William, -- 1738-1822.
650			_aDavy, Humphry, -- Sir, -- 1778-1829.
650			_aScience -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
650			_aScientists -- Great Britain.
650			_aGreat Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
650			_aGreat Britain -- History -- 18th century.
650			_aBanks, Joseph, -- 1743-1820.
650			_aIntellectual life.
650			_aScience.
650			_aVetenskapsmän -- Storbritannien -- biografi.
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