Other voyages of discovery-astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical-swiftly follow in Richard Holmes’s thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
I saw this one on Kelly Faircloth’s instagram stories and I was delighted to learn we already have a review!
This was more of a rec to me and then passed along to you.
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