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050 00 Q127.G4|bH65 2008 
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090    Q127.G4 H65 2008 
100 1  Holmes, Richard,|d1945-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n81092200 
245 14 The age of wonder :|bhow the romantic generation 
       discovered the beauty and terror of science /|cRichard 
       Holmes. 
246 30 How the romantic generation discovered the beauty and 
       terror of science 
250    1st U.S. ed. 
264  1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    xxi, 552 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color), maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-525) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    "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. 
600 10 Herschel, William,|d1738-1822.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n79083314 
600 10 Herschel, Caroline Lucretia,|d1750-1848.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50036902 
600 10 Davy, Humphry,|cSir,|d1778-1829.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n79142750 
600 17 Herschel, William,|d1738-1822.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1800987 
600 17 Herschel, Caroline Lucretia,|d1750-1848.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/12564 
600 17 Davy, Humphry,|cSir,|d1778-1829.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/47018 
648  7 18th century|2fast 
650  0 Science|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85118553|zGreat Britain|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n79023147-781|xHistory|y18th century.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006124 
650  0 Discoveries in science|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh93003312|zGreat Britain|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n79023147-781|xHistory|y18th century.
       |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006124 
650  7 Science.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1108176 
650  7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 
650  7 Discoveries in science.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/894959 
651  7 Great Britain.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204623
901    MARCIVE 20231220 
935    488356 
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