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

5.0

I loved this account of 18th/19th century science told through biographical chapters of major figures like Joseph Banks, William Herschel and his sister Caroline, the early balloonists, explorers like Mungo Park and great figures of science like Humphrey Davy and all interlinked with reference to the great poetry and literature of the age. A wonderful account of the romantic age, how romanticism impacted on science and how science impacted on culture. A great readable book that has left me now wanting to read more about some of the central figures in this account.