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008			093011s2008 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aQ127.G4 _bH65 2008
082	0	0	_a509.41 HOL
100	1		_aHolmes, Richard, 1945-
245	1	4	_aThe age of wonder _b: how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science _c/ Richard Holmes
250			_a1st U.S. ed
260			_aNew York _b: Pantheon Books _c, c2008.
300			_axxi, 552 p., [16] p. of plates _b: ill. (some col.) _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
505	0		_aJoseph 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.
520			_a"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.
600	1	4	_aHerschel, William, Sir _d, 1738-1822
600	1	4	_aHerschel, Caroline Lucretia _d, 1750-1848
600	1	4	_aDavy, Humphry, Sir _d, 1778-1829
650		0	_aScience _z--Great Britain _x--History
650		0	_aDiscoveries in Science
651			_aGreat Britain _x-History _y-18th century
942			_cMO
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