The age of wonder
Subtitle: how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
By: Richard Holmes
Publisher: HarperPress
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9780007149520
Description: "The Age of Wonder' is Richard Holmes' first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by the scientific ferment that swept through Britain at the end of the 18th century, and which Holmes now radically redefines as 'the revolution of Romantic Science."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) 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.