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Holmes, Richard,
1945-
The age of wonder :
how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /
Richard Holmes.
1st U.S. ed.
New York :
Pantheon Books,
2008.
xxi, 552 p., [16] p. of plates :
ill. (some col.) ;
25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
20120101.
Science
Great Britain
History
18th century.
Discoveries in science
Great Britain
History
18th century.