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A review by hjmo
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
4.0
This book examines the interesting lives of several notable scientists of the late-Georgian era. Beginning with Sir Joseph Banks and the HMS Endeavour and connecting it to Darwin and the HMS Beagle. The research is detailed and the approach brings the men, women, and events to life. The writing is clear but at times the detail slowed the pace for me.
I came into the book with a definite goal as I was reading it to learn more about Sir Joseph and the culture of scientific discovery of the time (novel research). I enjoyed learning about Herschel and the early adventures in ballooning but was less interested in the chapters on Davy. It picked back up again toward the end.
The book was pretty long. I read the first bit on my kindle so I could make notes for research and then listened to the rest.
I came into the book with a definite goal as I was reading it to learn more about Sir Joseph and the culture of scientific discovery of the time (novel research). I enjoyed learning about Herschel and the early adventures in ballooning but was less interested in the chapters on Davy. It picked back up again toward the end.
The book was pretty long. I read the first bit on my kindle so I could make notes for research and then listened to the rest.