The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes
- Bib ID:
- 4670607
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Holmes, Richard, 1945-
- Edition:
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Pantheon Books, c2008
- xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports., facsims. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780375422225
- 0375422226
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-496) and index.
- Subject:
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- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Herschel, William, 1738-1822
- Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829
- Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Scientists -- Great Britain
- Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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