作者:
Richard Holmes 出版社: Vintage 副标题: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science 出版年: 2010-3-2 页数: 576 定价: USD 18.95 装帧: Paperback ISBN: 9781400031870
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.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed wi...
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.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery—astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical—swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution. Through the lives of William Herschel and his sister Caroline, who forever changed the public conception of the solar system; of Humphry Davy, whose near-suicidal gas experiments revolutionized chemistry; and of the great Romantic writers, from Mary Shelley to Coleridge and Keats, who were inspired by the scientific breakthroughs of their day, Holmes brings to life the era in which we first realized both the awe-inspiring and the frightening possibilities of science—an era whose consequences are with us still.
我挺喜欢这本书的，尤其Hershel兄妹那几章。上课时老师不断强调这是本trade book trade book trade book, 把它与学术著作分得很开，我不否认这本书受到其目标受众的限制，但至少我所追求的所谓学术，没有这么严格的专业与科普的界限，这种界限抹灭的恰是amateur所体现的对事物本真的热爱，而这种热爱也恰是the age of wonder中所有主人公的共性。
science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its unc...science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its uncertainties and its errors.(展开)
印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年...印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年的皇家学会一样一路没落，倒是惊人的相似。(展开)
science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its unc...science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its uncertainties and its errors.(展开)
印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年...印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年的皇家学会一样一路没落，倒是惊人的相似。(展开)
我挺喜欢这本书的，尤其Hershel兄妹那几章。上课时老师不断强调这是本trade book trade book trade book, 把它与学术著作分得很开，我不否认这本书受到其目标受众的限制，但至少我所追求的所谓学术，没有这么严格的专业与科普的界限，这种界限抹灭的恰是amateur所体现的对事物本真的热爱，而这种热爱也恰是the age of wonder中所有主人公的共性。
0 有用 浊克斯 2013-01-14 23:05:07
算是一本科普读物，不过作者除此之外写的是柯勒律治和雪莱的传记。。。但是写得确实好看
0 有用 Footnote M 2016-02-10 03:49:12
我挺喜欢这本书的，尤其Hershel兄妹那几章。上课时老师不断强调这是本trade book trade book trade book, 把它与学术著作分得很开，我不否认这本书受到其目标受众的限制，但至少我所追求的所谓学术，没有这么严格的专业与科普的界限，这种界限抹灭的恰是amateur所体现的对事物本真的热爱，而这种热爱也恰是the age of wonder中所有主人公的共性。
1 有用 DerLetzteLord 2022-07-31 20:20:50
science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its unc... science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its uncertainties and its errors. (展开)
0 有用 祭天金人 2021-05-17 22:07:36
印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年... 印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年的皇家学会一样一路没落，倒是惊人的相似。 (展开)
0 有用 mariner 2013-10-02 22:00:25
浪漫主义时期的科学史，牛顿以后的科学发展状况。讲述herschel和humphry davy的章节尤其出彩。
1 有用 DerLetzteLord 2022-07-31 20:20:50
science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its unc... science is now also continually reshaping its history retrospectively. it is starting to look back and rediscover its beginnings, its earlier traditions and its triumphs; but also its debates, its uncertainties and its errors. (展开)
0 有用 祭天金人 2021-05-17 22:07:36
印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年... 印象最深的两点：Humphry Davy死后，皇家学会一路没落，其原因是因为杂七杂八的人员太多，只有一成的人发表过正式的科学论文。另外一点，John Herschel激励达尔文要做 independent working scientist, Charles Lyell让达尔文不要接受任何正式的科学职位，才能心无旁骛地研究。对于今天的我们，成为独立研究人员几乎不可能，只能随波逐流，而看到科学像当年的皇家学会一样一路没落，倒是惊人的相似。 (展开)
0 有用 Footnote M 2016-02-10 03:49:12
我挺喜欢这本书的，尤其Hershel兄妹那几章。上课时老师不断强调这是本trade book trade book trade book, 把它与学术著作分得很开，我不否认这本书受到其目标受众的限制，但至少我所追求的所谓学术，没有这么严格的专业与科普的界限，这种界限抹灭的恰是amateur所体现的对事物本真的热爱，而这种热爱也恰是the age of wonder中所有主人公的共性。
0 有用 mariner 2013-10-02 22:00:25
浪漫主义时期的科学史，牛顿以后的科学发展状况。讲述herschel和humphry davy的章节尤其出彩。
0 有用 浊克斯 2013-01-14 23:05:07
算是一本科普读物，不过作者除此之外写的是柯勒律治和雪莱的传记。。。但是写得确实好看