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The age of wonder

Name: The age of wonder
Author: Holmes, Richard

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"The Age of Wonder' is Richard Holmes' first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by the scientific ferment that swept through Britain at the end of the 18th century, and which Holmes now radically redefines as 'the revolution of Romantic Science."

Subjects: History
Science
Scientists
Intellectual life
Discoveries in science
Great britain, history, 18th century
Set in: Great Britain
Time: 18th Century

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Publisher: HarperPress
Published: 2008
Pages: 554
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0007149520
ISBN-10: 0007149522

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