Holmes, Richard,  1945- <br/><br/>
The age of wonder :  how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / 
Richard Holmes. 
 - 1st Vintage Books ed. 
 - New York :  Vintage Books,  2010, c2008. 
 - xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.), maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400031870 (pbk.) 1400031877 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010293678 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Herschel, William, Sir,  1738-1822. <br/>Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848. <br/>Davy, Humphry, Sir,  1778-1829. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--History--Great Britain--18th century.<br/>Discoveries in science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q127.G4  / H65 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509.41/09033