The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /
Richard Holmes
- London : Harper Perennial, 2009.
- xii, 554 pages.
Originally published: London: HarperPress, 2008.
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.
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Banks, Joseph, -- Sir, -- 1743-1820. Herschel, William, -- 1738-1822. Davy, Humphry, -- Sir, -- 1778-1829. Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Scientists -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Banks, Joseph, -- 1743-1820. Intellectual life. Science. Vetenskapsmän -- Storbritannien -- biografi.