dannb 's review for:

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

4.0

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Love literature, science, creativity, creation vs evolution? A literary deep dive into the "birth of science as we look at it today" (mid-18th century to the early years of the 19th) - essentially British, with sprinkles of French and German thrown in.

NOT for the casual reader. The language and writing and most definitely literary and dense. Lots to take in and mull over.