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Author Holmes, Richard, 1945-

Title The age of wonder [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] [how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science] / by Richard Holmes.

Publication Info. [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, 2011.
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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1537157~S1
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System Details Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 308192 KB; MP3 file size: 604556 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Duration: 21:26:33.
Unabridged.
Performer Read by Gildart Jackson.
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.
Subject Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. -- Sound recordings.
Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. -- Sound recordings.
Herschel, William, 1738-1822.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Genre Audiobooks.
Added Author Jackson, Gildart.
ISBN 9781455114351 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
1455114359 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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