Holmes, Richard,  1945- <br/><br/>
The age of wonder :  how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / 
Richard Holmes. 
 - 1st U.S. ed. 
 - New York :  Pantheon Books,  c2008. 
 - xxi, 552 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Joseph 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780375422225 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008049587 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--History--Great Britain--18th century.<br/>Discoveries in science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q127.G4  / H65 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509.41/09033