LEADER 00000cam a2200625 a 4500 001 ocn264044731 005 20130718001923.0 008 081117t20082008nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 2008049587 020 9780375422225 :|c$40.00 020 0375422226 :|c$40.00 035 (OCoLC)ocn264044731 035 488356 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dMLN|dABG|dUPZ|dBWX|dJQF |dJRS|dMOF 043 e-uk--- 049 RIDM 050 00 Q127.G4|bH65 2008 082 00 509.41/09033|222 082 4 500 090 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 994 C0|bRID
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