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The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science   Richard Holmes
Beautifully written, fascinating intellectual history of the English “second scientific revolution” that occurred between the 1760s and 1831, when Darwin began his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle. Never heard of Joseph Banks before, but what a profound effect he had on the development of the sum of human knowledge. Really enjoyed the sections on Banks, on the Herschels, the science of Frankenstein. Informative and very enjoyable.