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    The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.

    By: Holmes, Richard, 1945-Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2010, c2008Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781400031870 (pbk.); 1400031877 (pbk.)Subject(s): Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822 | Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 | Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829DDC classification: 509.41/09033 LOC classification: Q127.G4 | H65 2010
    Contents:
    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.
    Summary: "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.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.

    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.

    "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.

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