TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holmes,Richard
TI  - The age of wonder: how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science 
SN  - 9780375422225
AV  - Q127.G4 H65 2008
U1  - 509.41/09033 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Pantheon Books
KW  - Science
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Discoveries in science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -