Title: The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /
Authors: Holmes, Richard, 1945-
Publisher: Pantheon Books,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Herschel, William,; Herschel, Caroline Lucretia,; Davy, Humphry,; History, 18th Century; Science; Science Great Britain History; Discoveries in science Great Britain History; United Kingdom; United Kingdom.
Abstract: "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.
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.