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100 1  Holmes, Richard,|d1945- 
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. 
260    New York :|bPantheon Books,|cc2008. 
300    xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates :|bill. (some col.), maps ;
       |c25 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 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. 
600 10 Herschel, Caroline Lucretia,|d1750-1848. 
600 10 Davy, Humphry,|cSir,|d1778-1829. 
650  0 Science|zGreat Britain|xHistory|y18th century. 
650  0 Discoveries in science|zGreat Britain|xHistory|y18th 
       century. 
935    488356 
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