MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01122cam a2200253 a 4500
001 2008049587
003 DLC
005 20110409083334.0
008 081117s2008 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aQ127.G4$bH65 2008
082 00 $a509.41/09033$222
100 1 $aHolmes, Richard,$d1945-
245 14 $aThe age of wonder :$bhow the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /$cRichard Holmes.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$cc2008.
300 $axxi, 552 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aJoseph 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.
650 0 $aScience$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aDiscoveries in science$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.