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

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

by Richard Holmes

Publication Year
2009
Language
English
Pages
791
File Size
12.0 MB
ISBN
9780007149520
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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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