The Resource The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science, Richard Holmes, (talking book daisy)
The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science, Richard Holmes, (talking book daisy)
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- Summary
- The Romantic imagination was inspired, not alienated, by scientific advances. Focusing on prominent British scientists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including William Herschel and his sister Caroline, Humphrey Davy, and Joseph Banks, Holmes ́ argues that their discoveries helped establish a new paradigm of Romantic science that saw the universe as vast, dynamic and full of marvels, and celebrated mankind ́s power to not just describe but transform Nature. 2008
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 sound disc (33 hrs. 53 min.)
- Label
- The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
- Title
- The age of wonder
- Title remainder
- how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Holmes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Romantic imagination was inspired, not alienated, by scientific advances. Focusing on prominent British scientists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including William Herschel and his sister Caroline, Humphrey Davy, and Joseph Banks, Holmes ́ argues that their discoveries helped establish a new paradigm of Romantic science that saw the universe as vast, dynamic and full of marvels, and celebrated mankind ́s power to not just describe but transform Nature. 2008
- Cataloging source
- AC
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- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holmes, Richard
- Format of music
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Narrated by Dvora Levinson
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Levinson, Dvora
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- Science
- Science
- Discoveries in science
- Label
- The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science, Richard Holmes, (talking book daisy)
- Extent
- 1 sound disc (33 hrs. 53 min.)
- Publisher number
- DC36166
- System details
- System requirements: Daisy player
- Label
- The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science, Richard Holmes, (talking book daisy)
- Extent
- 1 sound disc (33 hrs. 53 min.)
- Publisher number
- DC36166
- System details
- System requirements: Daisy player
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