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

Richard Holmes

Start date: April 2, 2010

Finish date: May 31, 2010

Discussion: Book Club 2010 & Prior

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Book Club 2010 & Prior

March Book Club "A Short History of nearly Everything"
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November 2010 - Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End / The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
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Apr 25, 2010 David Rubenstein rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science

This is a wonderful book about science during the Romantic era. The first few chapters are best for understanding the development of science. The last few chapters are best for understanding the interactions between science and culture, mostly prose and poetry. At the beginning of the story, the English word "scientist" did not even exist. Scientists were called "philosophers", and many of the greatest works of scientists during this era, were philosophical speculations. This is a beautiful book ...more

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Apr 08, 2010 Patricrk patrick rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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scientist are humans too. There seemed to be a lot more interaction between the world of poets and scientist in those early days. Coleridge was into a lot of things and was more influential than I knew.

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