9780375422225
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Richard Holmes
ISBN 13: 9780375422225
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed:
The winner of the Somerset Maugham Award presents the earliest ideas of the explorers of ôdynamic science,ö including William Herschel and his sister, Caroline, who changed the public's ideas about stars, and Humphry Davy, who invented the miners' lamp.
Review:
"Holmes's biographical account makes his obsessive protagonists...the prototypes of the Romantic genius absorbed in a Promethean quest for knowledge....It's an engrossing portrait of scientists as passionate adventurers, boldly laying claim to the intellectual leadership of society." (starred review)
Publisher's Weekly, 06/01/2009
Review:"In this inspired work of history, Richard Holmes....writes with the supple narrative skill of a novelist, pulling threads together and weaving a cohesive tale of unlikely collaboration in an age of explosive beliefs."
John Freeman, National Public Radio, 06/24/2009
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science: Search Results
| 1. |
The Age of Wonder (ISBN: 0375422226 / 0-375-42222-6) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: > 20
Book Description: Random House. Book Condition: New. New. Bookseller Inventory # 0375422226 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 2. |
AGE OF WONDER, THE: HOW THE ROMANTIC GENERATION DISCOVERED THE BEAUTY AND TERROR OF SCIENCE (ISBN: 9780375422225) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 20
Book Description: PANTHEON BOOKS. Book Condition: NEW. BOOK. BOOK. Bookseller Inventory # NN9780375422225 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 3. |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (ISBN: 9780375422225) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 3
Book Description: Pantheon Books, 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from US. Bookseller Inventory # IB-9780375422225 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 4. |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (ISBN: 9780375422225) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 2
Book Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 830030 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 5. |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (ISBN: 0375422226 / 0-375-42222-6) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 10
Book Description: Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 6364064-n Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 6. |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (ISBN: 0375422226 / 0-375-42222-6) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 163mm x 38mm x 240mm. 552 pages. 0.957. Bookseller Inventory # 9780375422225 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 7. |
The Age of Wonder (ISBN: 9780375422225) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Knopf, 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Brand New. Bookseller Inventory # 9286 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 8. |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (ISBN: 9780375422225) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 3
Book Description: Pantheon Books, 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from US. Bookseller Inventory # IB-9780375422225 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
Shipping:
US$ 6.43
From United Kingdom to U.S.A. |
||
| 9. |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Hardback) (ISBN: 9780375422225) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Pantheon Books, United States, 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 240 x 163 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. A riveting 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. 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 on his first "Endeavour "voyage in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery--astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical--swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's original evocation of what truly emerges as an Age of Wonder. Brilliantly conceived as a relay of scientific stories, "The Age of Wonder" investigates the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science," of an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel and his sister Caroline, whose dedication to the study of the stars forever changed the public conception of the solar system, the Milky Way, and the meaning of the universe; and Humphry Davy, who, with only a grammar school education stunned the scientific community with his near-suicidal gas experiments that led to the invention of the miners' lamp and established British chemistry as the leading professional science in Europe. This age of exploration extended to great writers and poets as well as scientists, all creators relishing in moments of high exhilaration, boundary-pushing and discovery. Holmes's extraordinary evocation of this age of wonder shows how great ideas and experiments--both successes and failures--were born of singular and often lonely dedication, and how religious faith and scientific truth collide. He has written a book breathtaking in its originality, its storytelling energy, and its intellectual significance. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780375422225 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
Shipping:
US$ 0.00
From United Kingdom to U.S.A. |
||
| 10. |
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (ISBN: 0375422226 / 0-375-42222-6) Holmes, Richard Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Pantheon Books, 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. \N. 9.46 by 6 inches. (00552 pages) [ships from USA takes 8-14 days to Europe] illustrated Lang=English accessory:NO ACCESSORY (Hardcover ). Bookseller Inventory # AF0375422226 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
Shipping:
US$ 8.88
From United Kingdom to U.S.A. |
||
Portions of this page may be (c) 2006 Muze Inc. Some database content may also be provided by Baker & Taylor Inc. Copyright 1995-2006 Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. Content for books is owned by Baker & Taylor, Inc. or its licensors and is subject to copyright and all other protections provided by applicable law.
Portions of this page may be Copyright VNU Entertainment Media (UK) Ltd., 2006, Georg Lingenbrink GmbH & Co., Tite Live, S.A or Informazioni Editoriali S.p.A. All rights reserved.
