The age of wonder

About this book

"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

• banks, joseph, 1743-1820
• davy, humphry, sir, 1778-1829
• discoveries in science
• great britain, history, 18th century
• great britain, intellectual life
• herschel, william, sir, 1738-1822
• history
• intellectual life
• science
• science, great britain
• scientists