The age of wonder
Subtitle: how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
By: Richard Holmes.
Publisher: Pantheon Books; Pantheon
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780375422225
Subjects: Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Joseph Banks in paradise; title: Herschel on the moon; title: Balloonists in heaven; title: Herschel among the stars; title: Mungo Park in Africa; title: Davy on the gas; title: Dr. Frankenstein and the soul; title: Davy and the lamp; title: Sorcerer and apprentice; title: Young scientists.