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The age of wonder [electronic resource] : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.
Author
Holmes, Richard, 1945-
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Format
Audio
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Vintage Books, 2010, c2008.
Description
1 sound file : digital
Availability
Available Online
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Details
Subject(s)
Science
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Great Britain
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History
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18th century
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Discoveries in science
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Great Britain
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History
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18th century
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Herschel, William Sir 1738-1822
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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia 1750-1848
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Davy, Humphry Sir 1778-1829
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OverDrive, Inc
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Summary note
"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.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ashland Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2011 Available via World Wide Web.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Read by Gildart Jackson.
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.
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ISBN
9781455114351 (electronic audio bk.)
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