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The Age of Wonder：The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science

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作者: 著
出版社: Random House US
2010-03
版次: 1
ISBN: 9781400031870
定价: 155.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 552页
正文语种: 英语
丛书: Vintage
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史
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  • TheAgeofWonderisacolorfulandutterlyabsorbinghistoryofthemenandwomenwhosediscoveriesandinventionsattheendoftheeighteenthcenturygavebirthtotheRomanticAgeofScience.?WhenyoungJosephBankssteppedontoaTahitianbeachin1769,hehopedtodiscoverParadise.InspiredbythescientificfermentsweepingthroughBritain,thebotanisthadsailedwithCaptainCookinsearchofnewworlds.Othervoyagesofdiscovery—astronomical,chemical,poetical,philosophical—swiftlyfollowinRichardHolmes'sthrillingevocationofthesecondscientificrevolution.ThroughthelivesofWilliamHerschelandhissisterCaroline,whoforeverchangedthepublicconceptionofthesolarsystem;ofHumphryDavy,whosenear-suicidalgasexperimentsrevolutionizedchemistry;andofthegreatRomanticwriters,fromMaryShelleytoColeridgeandKeats,whowereinspiredbythescientificbreakthroughsoftheirday,Holmesbringstolifetheerainwhichwefirstrealizedboththeawe-inspiringandthefrighteningpossibilitiesofscience—anerawhoseconsequencesarewithusstill. RichardHolmesisProfessorofBiographicalStudiesattheUniversityofEastAnglia,andeditoroftheHarperPerennialseriesClassicBiographieslaunchedin2004.HeisaFellowoftheBritishAcademy,hashonorarydoctoratesfromUEAandtheTavistockInstitute,andwasawardedanOBEin1992.HisbookshavewontheSomersetMaughamPrize,theWhitbreadBookoftheYear,theJamesTaitBlackPrize,theDuffCooperPrizeandtheHeinemannAward.Hismostrecentbook,TheAgeofWonder,wontheRoyalSocietyPrizeforScienceBooksandwasshortlistedfortheSamuelJohnsonPrize.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition. List of illustrations

    Prologue

    1 Joseph Banks in Paradise

    2 Herschel on the Moon

    3 Balloonists in Heaven

    4 Herschel Among the Stars

    5 Mungo Park in Africa

    6 Davy on the Gas

    7 Dr Frankenstein and the Soul

    8 Davy and the Lamp

    9 Sorcerer and Apprentice

    10 Young Scientists

    Epilogue

    Cast List

    Bibliography

    References

    Acknowledgements

    Index
  • 内容简介:
    TheAgeofWonderisacolorfulandutterlyabsorbinghistoryofthemenandwomenwhosediscoveriesandinventionsattheendoftheeighteenthcenturygavebirthtotheRomanticAgeofScience.?WhenyoungJosephBankssteppedontoaTahitianbeachin1769,hehopedtodiscoverParadise.InspiredbythescientificfermentsweepingthroughBritain,thebotanisthadsailedwithCaptainCookinsearchofnewworlds.Othervoyagesofdiscovery—astronomical,chemical,poetical,philosophical—swiftlyfollowinRichardHolmes'sthrillingevocationofthesecondscientificrevolution.ThroughthelivesofWilliamHerschelandhissisterCaroline,whoforeverchangedthepublicconceptionofthesolarsystem;ofHumphryDavy,whosenear-suicidalgasexperimentsrevolutionizedchemistry;andofthegreatRomanticwriters,fromMaryShelleytoColeridgeandKeats,whowereinspiredbythescientificbreakthroughsoftheirday,Holmesbringstolifetheerainwhichwefirstrealizedboththeawe-inspiringandthefrighteningpossibilitiesofscience—anerawhoseconsequencesarewithusstill.
  • 作者简介:
    RichardHolmesisProfessorofBiographicalStudiesattheUniversityofEastAnglia,andeditoroftheHarperPerennialseriesClassicBiographieslaunchedin2004.HeisaFellowoftheBritishAcademy,hashonorarydoctoratesfromUEAandtheTavistockInstitute,andwasawardedanOBEin1992.HisbookshavewontheSomersetMaughamPrize,theWhitbreadBookoftheYear,theJamesTaitBlackPrize,theDuffCooperPrizeandtheHeinemannAward.Hismostrecentbook,TheAgeofWonder,wontheRoyalSocietyPrizeforScienceBooksandwasshortlistedfortheSamuelJohnsonPrize.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
  • 目录:
    List of illustrations

    Prologue

    1 Joseph Banks in Paradise

    2 Herschel on the Moon

    3 Balloonists in Heaven

    4 Herschel Among the Stars

    5 Mungo Park in Africa

    6 Davy on the Gas

    7 Dr Frankenstein and the Soul

    8 Davy and the Lamp

    9 Sorcerer and Apprentice

    10 Young Scientists

    Epilogue

    Cast List

    Bibliography

    References

    Acknowledgements

    Index
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