| System Details |
Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 8883 KB). |
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Title from eBook information screen. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Herschel, William, 1738-1822.
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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
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Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
How the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science |
| ISBN |
9780307378323 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0307378322 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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