![]() ![]() 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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