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The Age of Wonder

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"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.

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The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes

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2009
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Language
English
Publisher
Harper Press
Released
2009
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Paperback
Pages
380
ISBN10
0007149530
ISBN13
9780007149537
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"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.