Book ID: CBB001024401

The Age of Wonder (2008)

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Holmes, Richard (Author)


Pantheon Books


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xxi + 552 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On British science from the late 18th to the early 19th century, biographically focused on Joseph Banks, the Herschels, Humphry Davy, Mungo Park, and others.


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Authors & Contributors
Hoskin, Michael A.
Edmondson, Hattie Lloyd
Rispoli, Stephanie Adair
Youngquist, Paul
Wiegand, Dometa J.
Steinicke, Wolfgang
Concepts
Science and literature
Romanticism
Astronomy
Science and culture
Chemistry
Biographies
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
Bath (England)
Hanover (Germany)
England
London (England)
British Isles
Institutions
Royal Society (Great Britain). European Science Exchange Programme
Royal Society of London
Royal Institution of Great Britain
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