The age of wonder: how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
Richard Holmes
A popular biography book about the history of science and the scientific discoveries of the polymaths of the late eighteenth century and how this period formed the basis for modern scientific discoveries.Holmes, a literary biographer, focuses particularly on the lives and works of Sir Joseph Banks, the astronomers William and Caroline Herschel, and chemist Humphry Davy. Other profiles include African explorer Mungo Park. There is a chapter on the early history of ballooning including pioneers Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Vincent Lunardi, Jean-Pierre Blanchard and James Sadler.
Рік:
2008
Видавництво:
HarperPress;Random House of Canada
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
611
ISBN 10:
1400031877
ISBN 13:
9781400031870
Файл:
EPUB, 708 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 2008
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