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

4.0

A fascinating read. What I know of the Romantic period comes from my literature background: Shelley, Keats, Mary Shelley, Wordsworth, Coleridge, etc. I'm pretty woefully ignorant of what else was going on during this time period. I loved learning about how scientific thinking was developing in the context of Romanticism as a societal rather than just literary movement. I loved the historical personages I learned about and the discoveries, mistakes, limitations, etc. If you have any interest in the time period or in science as a field of study, you will probably love this book.