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The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
- Title
- The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.
- Author
- Holmes, Richard, 1945-
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- xxi, 552 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JSE 16-9
- ISBN
- 0375422226
- 9780375422225
- LCCN
- 2008049587
- OCLC
- 2008049587
- Author
- Holmes, Richard, 1945-
- Title
- The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.
- Imprint
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 16-9