The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Richard Holmes
| ISBN: | 9780375422225 |
| Publisher: | Pantheon Books |
| Published: | 31 July, 2009 |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Language: | English |
| Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Richard Holmes
The winner of the Somerset Maugham Award presents the earliest ideas of the explorers of “dynamic science,” including William Herschel and his sister, Caroline, who changed the public's ideas about stars, and Humphry Davy, who invented the miners' lamp.
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