The Age of Wonder
Subtitle: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, USA; London, Great Britain
Format: ebook
ISBN-13: 9780307378323
Table of contents: label: List of illustrations; label: Prologue; label: 1 Joseph Banks in Paradise; label: 2 Herschel on the Moon; label: 3 Balloonists in Heaven; label: 4 Herschel Among the Stars; label: 5 Mungo Park in Africa; label: 6 Davy on the Gas; label: 7 Dr Frankenstein and the Soul; label: 8 Davy and the Lamp; label: 9 Sorcerer and Apprentice; label: 10 Young Scientists; label: Epilogue; label: Cast List; label: Bibliography; label: References; label: Acknowledgements; label: Excerpt from Falling Upwards