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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
by Richard Holmes
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science Summary
‘The Age of Wonder’ is Richard Holmes’ first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by the scientific ferment that swept through Britain at the end of the 18th century, and which Holmes now radically redefines as ‘the revolution of Romantic Science’. ‘The Age of Wonder’ is Richard Holmes’ first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by the scientific ferment that swept through Britain at the end of the 18th century, and which Holmes now radically redefines as ‘the revolution of Romantic Science’. [123]…more
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