Age of wonder how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science

By:

Holmes, Richard, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Vintage Books 2010Description: xxi,552p. ill. (some col.), maps 24 cmISBN:

9781400031870

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DDC classification:

509.4109033 22 HO-A

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.

Summary: "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.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library	General Books	509.4109033 HO-A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		121441

Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.

"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.

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