Age of Wonder

How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

By Richard Holmes
(HarperCollins Publishers, Paperback, 9780007441358)

Publication Date: October 2011

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD

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Author Richard Holmes discusses his new book The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science. The book explores the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when scientists and artists greatly influenced each other. More at NPR.org

John Keats' famous 1816 sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" celebrated the recent discovery of Uranus — the first new planet to be found in more than a thousand years. In fact, says author Richard Holmes, the scientific discoveries of the Romantic age inspired generations of great artists and their work. More at NPR.org