The age of wonder: how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science 978-0-007-34988-3, 0007349882, 9781400031870

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The age of wonder: how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
 978-0-007-34988-3, 0007349882, 9781400031870

Table of contents :
Content: 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.

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