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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science | Richard Holmes
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmess dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.
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Loved this book! Fascinating snapshot of the Romantic Age and the intertwined worlds of Art and Science, at a time when science still posessed an almost magical quality, with all the beauty and promise - but also terror - that entails. #legoexplorers

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For @Cinfhen , @TrishB & anyone else struggling with #regency #jennyis30

The list is still growing as I'm still tagging books on LibraryThing!

https://www.librarything.com/catalog/jenniferw88&tag=regency+era+-+1811-1820&col...

TrishB Thanks Jenny, hubby has loads of Napoleon and Waterloo books, I‘ll probably go with one of them. 4y
jenniferw88 @TrishB glad I've been able to provide some inspiration 😊 but sorry that there's two squares on (my) 18th century (It's 1688-1830 for me) - you can blame my MA for it! 😂 I have quite a few shelves on LibraryThing for this period though so if you're struggling with the normal #18thcentury prompt you might want to check out the shelves for 18th century, georgian era - 1714-1837, & george iii & george iv with their dates. @Cinfhen 4y
jenniferw88 @TrishB there's plenty of other shelves for the period too, these were just the ones off the top of my head! 😂😂😂 4y
Cinfhen Thanks so much Jenny!!! I‘m actually excited to find/read a book that fits this time period 🥰 4y
TrishB Thank you 😘 4y
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Vansa
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CAroline Herschel- you go, girl! Absolutely nailed it.

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It literally sparkles!!!✨✨ #foliosociety

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Happy mail! Right out of the shipping box!! #foliosociety #nosuchthingastoomanybooks

LeahBergen 😍😍😍😍 6y
saresmoore Ooh, I‘m a bit envious! 6y
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SharonGoforth @saresmoore They have a really good sale going on right now-this was my Christmas present to myself 😊 6y
Kalalalatja Wow! 😍😍 6y
saresmoore Good for you! That‘s lovely. 6y
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This was book number 9 for my #mounttbrchallenge. Here is the review I posted on gr: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2259404435

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I am excited about this one. Especially since Mary Shelley wrote her most well known story 200 years ago.

batsy I have this one! Looks like a good read, don't know why I haven't read it yet 🙈 6y
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mynamerhymes
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Excellent audio book about the ways poetry, culture, and science influence each other. The biographies of the Romantic scientists read like real life romance novels, and I have been unable to stop thinking about the ideas in this book.

MrBook As a good book should make us do 😊👍🏻. 7y
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#TBRtemptation post 1! This has high marks on GR, and a biography of the "second scientific revolution", occurring between Cook's 1768 circumnavigation & Darwin's 1831 Beagle journey. From Joseph Banks' advances in botany, to Herschels in astronomy, the Montgolfier Brothers with flying (balloons specifically), Mungo Park's Africa expeditions, Humphrey Davy with gases (making mining safer), and don't forget Frankenstein. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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SweetBaline
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Comprehensive, in a good way. Holmes is as brilliant as the scientists he profiles.

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