The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes
2008, First Edition. London : HarperPress. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #405812
ISBN: 9780007149520
Physical description; xxi, 554 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Subjects; Banks, Joseph 1743-1820. Herschel, William 1738-1822. Davy, Humphry Sir 1778-1829. Science Great Britain History 19th century. Scientists Great Britain ; Biography. Romanticism Great Britain.
Price: €25.00