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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

Richard Holmes

About the Program

From the 10th annual National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC, biographer Richard Holmes presents his book, The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science. Richard Holmes' The Age of Wonder was the winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction.

About the Authors

Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes is the author of several books, including Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer and Coleridge: Darker Reflections. Mr. Holmes is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the British Academy. He was formerly a biographical studies professor at the University of East Anglia.

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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

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Monday, February 21st at 8:30pm (ET)