Age of Wonder:How the Romantic Generation Discovered Beauty & Terror of Science
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| Management number | 53487200 | Release Date | 2026/02/06 | List Price | $20.40 | Model Number | 53487200 | ||
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The Age of Wonder:How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes.2008 1stEdition/3rdPrinting Pantheon Books hardcover w/dj in like new condition(shelfwear to dj/slight bumps to lower corners of book).Book dimensions are 6.46×1.45 ×9.52inches,1.95lbs.,576pgs.The author has written biographical and scientific books involving the Romantic Era(1798-1850).It was a time of political and economic changes filled with writers influenced by the French Revolution and scientific invention and exploration known as"the Romantic Age of Science".While Byron,Keats,and Shelly crafted their literary talents,a frenzy of astronomy, chemical,poetical,philosophical,and sea voyages to discover"New Worlds"was occurring.Included are Bank's explorations in the Pacific;Herschel's astronomy studies,Davis'chemical experiments with gas and the first aviation flights in Hydrogen Balloons.A study of various exploratory successes and failures as"science and religion collide".
| Category | Books > Reference Books > Educational & Instructional Books |
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| Condition | Like new |
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