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MARC Record from Library of Congress

Record ID marc_loc_updates/v36.i46.records.utf8:8012856:1055
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01055nam a22002538a 4500
001 2008049587
003 DLC
005 20081117094753.0
008 081117s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008049587
020 $a9780375422225
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aQ127.G4$bH65 2009
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.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$cc2009.
263 $a0907
300 $ap. 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.