04413cam a2200853 4500 468422713 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307378323 0307378322 B001NLL568 Amazon 9d39ccb3-8714-45c1-8f11-1f0b30174c53 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 82017 82017 82017 199798 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Holmes, Richard, 1946-2011. The Age of Wonder [Libby] : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009. History of Science. Biography. Historical. holmes. Chemistry. autobiographies. philosophy. 19th Century. Science. Collection. Autobiography. Evolution. England. History of Philosophy. mathematics. Innovation. Biology. biographies. History. Essays. history books. science books. gifts for history buffs. philosophy books. biographies of famous people. science book. history gifts. science books for adults. science gifts. history buff gifts. history lovers gifts. history teacher gifts. science gifts for adults. books for black women. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 10MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. History. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><i>The Age of Wonder</i> is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.<br /> <br /> When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery--astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical--swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution. Through the lives of William Herschel and his sister Caroline, who forever changed the public conception of the solar system; of Humphry Davy, whose near-suicidal gas experiments revolutionized chemistry; and of the great Romantic writers, from Mary Shelley to Coleridge and Keats, who were inspired by the scientific breakthroughs of their day, Holmes brings to life the era in which we first realized both the awe-inspiring and the frightening possibilities of science--an era whose consequences are with us still.<br /> <br /> <b>BONUS MATERIAL:</b> This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Richard Holmes's <i>Falling Upwards</i>.</p>. Media Type: eBook. National Book Critics Circle Award. 10 Best Books of 2009. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9D3/9CC/B3/AgeofWonder9780307378323.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9D39CCB3-8714-45C1-8F11-1F0B30174C53&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9D3/9CC/B3/AgeofWonder9780307378323.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9D39CCB3-8714-45C1-8F11-1F0B30174C53&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/9D3/9CC/B3/AgeofWonder9780307378323.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9D39CCB3-8714-45C1-8F11-1F0B30174C53&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)