The age of Wonder : : how the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
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Call Number: 509.2 Ho, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General / Holmes, Richard
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Originally published: London : Harper Press, 2008.
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Interesting new perspective submitted by hathaway1066 on July 20, 2015, 10:04am To have Romanticism connected to scientific discovery is fun and, even exciting. Having seen science and the scientific revolution as having one foot in the Renaissance and the other in the Enlightenment (er, well something like that) the idea of a Romantic outlook also fostering scientific insights is refreshing.
PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: xxi, 552 p., [23] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780375422225
0375422226
SUBJECTS
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.