The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
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_INFO:
New York : Pantheon Books, 2008
PHYSICAL_DESC:
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 |