The age of wonder
how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
1st Vintage Books ed.
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2010 - Vintage Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
138,000 words, Guess
Page Count
552 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101400031877
- ISBN-139781400031870
- Library of Congress Control Number2010293678
- OCLC Control Number437298763
- Open LibraryOL24453594M
Classifications
- DDC509.41/09033
- LCCQ127.G4 H65 2010
Description
"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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