The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
Holmes, Richard, 1945-2009
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Place reservation for The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of 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'.
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London : HarperPress, 2009.
Collation:
xxi, 554 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007149537 (pbk)0007149530 (pbk)
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509.4'1'09033509509.033509.4
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509.4509.41
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English
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BRN:
609813
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