'Romantic Science'
Civic Science Lecture: Richard Holmes - Chemical Heritage Foundation
In The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes chronicles the riveting breakthroughs that launched the Romantic Age of Science. From Humphry Davy’s near-suicidal gas experiments to William Herschel’s discovery of Uranus, Holmes deftly captures the thrill of scientific exploration at the turn of the 19th century-and shows its impact on Romantic writers like Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats.
Our local public radio station has been plugging this historical/scientific/literary lecture over the past week or so, and once I finally investigated the event it was easy to decide that I ought to attend. I should probably see about acquiring the book as well...
Image at right, 'William and Caroline Herschel at work,' found in this review of The Age of Wonder from Telegraph.co.uk.