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

图书标准信息

• 作者 Richard Holmes 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2010-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781400031870
• 定价 155.00元
• 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

【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