000338569 000__ 01786cam\a2200349\a\4500 000338569 001__ 338569 000338569 005__ 20210513123154.0 000338569 008__ 081117s2008\\\\nyuabf\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000338569 010__ $$a 2008049587 000338569 020__ $$a9780375422225 000338569 020__ $$a0375422226 000338569 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn264044731 000338569 035__ $$a338569 000338569 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dMLN$$dABG$$dUPZ$$dBWX$$dJQF$$dJRS$$dMOF$$dCDX$$dLMR 000338569 043__ $$ae-uk--- 000338569 049__ $$aISEA 000338569 05000 $$aQ127.G4$$bH65 2008 000338569 08200 $$a509.41/09033$$222 000338569 1001_ $$aHolmes, Richard,$$d1945- 000338569 24514 $$aThe age of wonder :$$bhow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /$$cRichard Holmes. 000338569 24630 $$aHow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science 000338569 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed. 000338569 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPantheon Books,$$cc2008. 000338569 300__ $$axxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates :$$bill. (some col.), maps ;$$c25 cm. 000338569 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000338569 5050_ $$aJoseph 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. 000338569 520__ $$a"The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy. 000338569 60010 $$aHerschel, William,$$d1738-1822. 000338569 60010 $$aHerschel, Caroline Lucretia,$$d1750-1848. 000338569 60010 $$aDavy, Humphry,$$cSir,$$d1778-1829. 000338569 650_0 $$aScience$$zGreat Britain$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000338569 650_0 $$aDiscoveries in science$$zGreat Britain$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000338569 85200 $$bgen$$hQ127.G4$$iH65$$i2008 000338569 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:338569$$pGLOBAL_SET 000338569 980__ $$aBIB 000338569 980__ $$aBOOK