01245cam a2200253 4500 1147847174 TxAuBib ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2010293678 9781400031870 trade paperback 1400031877 trade paperback TxAuBib Holmes, Richard, 1945- The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2010. xxi, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ""The Age of Wonder"" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of ""dynamic science"": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy. Davy, Humphry Sir 1778-1829. Herschel, Caroline Lucretia 1750-1848. Herschel, William 1738-1822. Discoveries in science Great Britain History 18th century. Science Great Britain History 18th century.