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

How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

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      Brilliantly conceived as a relay of scientific stories, "The Age of Wonder" investigates the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science," of an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered.

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 552 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Vintage Books USA
      • Edition: Unknown
      • ISBN-10: 1400031877
      • Publication Date: Mar. 2nd, 2010
      • ISBN-13: 9781400031870
      • Dimensions: 6.34 x 9.24 x 1.24 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.68 lbs
      • Categories: History Science

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