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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Science and poetry, explorers and stargazers—what if the wild curiosity of Romantic poets had a secret love affair with the cold, hard facts of science? "The Age of Wonder" drags you into a time when discovering a new planet or a chemical element wasn’t just geeky lab work but a full-blown emotional rollercoaster. Turns out, science used to be way more thrilling—and terrifying—than your high school textbook made it seem.
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