The age of wonder: how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
2008, Second Edition. London : HarperPress. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420605
ISBN: 0007149522
Physical description; xxi, 554 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Maps on endpapers. 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 18th century. Scientists Great Britain. Intellectual life. Science. Science -- History. Voyages and travels. Romanticism Great Britain. Literature and science Great Britain History 18th century. Discoveries in science Great Britain History 18th century. History of science Great Britain 1775-1850. Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820.
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