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A review by mlindner
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes
5.0
I quite enjoyed this. But do yourself a favor and do NOT attempt to read it as an ebook. It has both footnotes and endnotes and is an utter bitch to read as an ebook. It also has a couple groups of photos that would be far easier to correlate with their subjects throughout the book.
I believe the author is a scholar of Romantic poets/poetry (primarily) and his thesis is that [in Britain primarily] many people claim that the Romantic movement was a counter-movement to the Enlightenment, and in particular Enlightenment science, but that this is a highly oversimplified view. Much of our imagery of science comes from this period and many of the early scientists were poets and lovers of nature and so on and many of the poets were trained in science, attended lectures, and were friends with many of the leading scientists. Many famous (and not so famous) poems take on the scientific issues of the day.
Highly recommended.
I believe the author is a scholar of Romantic poets/poetry (primarily) and his thesis is that [in Britain primarily] many people claim that the Romantic movement was a counter-movement to the Enlightenment, and in particular Enlightenment science, but that this is a highly oversimplified view. Much of our imagery of science comes from this period and many of the early scientists were poets and lovers of nature and so on and many of the poets were trained in science, attended lectures, and were friends with many of the leading scientists. Many famous (and not so famous) poems take on the scientific issues of the day.
Highly recommended.