The age of wonder
how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
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Word Count
138,500 words, Guess
Page Count
554 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24528986M
- ISBN-139780007149520
- ISBN-100007149522
- OCLC Control Number233787689
- OCLC Control Numberageofwonderhowro0000holm_g0r3
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010487371
- WikidataQ126698150
Classifications
- DDC509.4109033
- LCCQ127.G4 H65 2008b
Description
"The Age of Wonder' is Richard Holmes' first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by the scientific ferment that swept through Britain at the end of the 18th century, and which Holmes now radically redefines as 'the revolution of Romantic Science."
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