The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

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In this ground-breaking group biography, award-winning author Richard Holmes charts the voyages of discovery – astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical – that made up this ‘age of wonder’. From telescopic sight to the miner’s lamp, and from the first balloon flight to African exploration, it tells the stories of great innovations, and the inspired individuals behind them.

Harper, 2009.
ISBN: 9780007149537. 554 pp.
Illus.
Softcover. Very good.