Holmes, Richard, 1945-
The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science / Richard Holmes.
"The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.
Herschel, William, 1738-1822.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Discoveries in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.