Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
By Richard Holmes | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
About the book
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.
Editions of Age of Wonder
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780007149537
- EBook
- ISBN 9780007349883
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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.
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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Age of Wonder?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Biography: general > Biography: science, technology and medicine
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Age of Wonder?
Richard Holmes
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Age of Wonder is available as paperback(ISBN 9780007149537) and ebook(ISBN 9780007349883)