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The age of wonder, how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science, by Richard Holmes

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The age of wonder, how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science, by Richard Holmes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Main title
The age of wonder
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sound recording
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by Richard Holmes
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how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
Summary
The Romantic imagination was inspired, not alienated, by scientific advances. Focusing on prominent British scientists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including William Herschel and his sister Caroline, Humphrey Davy, and Joseph Banks, Holmes' argues that their discoveries helped establish a new paradigm of Romantic science that saw the universe as vast, dynamic and full of marvels, and celebrated mankind's power to not just describe but transform Nature. 2008
Table Of Contents
1. Joseph Banks in paradise -- 2. Herschel on the moon -- 3. Balloonists in heaven -- 4. Herschel among the stars -- 5. Mungo Park in Africa -- 6. Davy on the gas -- 7. Dr Frankenstein and the soul -- 8. Davy and the lamp -- 9. Sorcerer and apprentice -- 10. Young scientists
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adult
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