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
Author:
Holmes, Richard, 1945-
ISBN:
9780375422225
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books, 2008
Physical Description:
xxi, 552 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
General 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.
Subject:
| Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century |
| Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century |