Richard Holmes

The Age of Wonder

The Age of Wonder

A biography of the Romantic generation's scientific discoveries by Richard Holmes

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“I think I have read this three or four times now; it's wonderful, absorbing fun, delving into the conceptual pivot that happened in the late 18th century as modern scientific thought started to coalesce, and tracing astounding discoveries and feats of ingenuity that shaped the world of science as we know it. It's also how I learned about Caroline Herschel, comet-sweeper.”
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