Richard Holmes
Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
November 05, 1945
Genre
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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
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published
2008
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51 editions
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Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air
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published
2013
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27 editions
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Shelley: The Pursuit
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published
1974
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20 editions
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Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804
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published
1990
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19 editions
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Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer
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published
1985
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7 editions
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Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834
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published
1995
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19 editions
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Dr. Johnson and Mr. Savage
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published
1993
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15 editions
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This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer
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published
2017
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12 editions
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Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer
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2000
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11 editions
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The Romantic Poets and Their Circle
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published
1997
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8 editions
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“Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings about a metaphysical shift in the observer's view of reality as a whole. The geography of the earth, or the structure of the solar system, are in an instant utterly changed, and forever. The explorer, the scientific observer, the literary reader, experience the Sublime: a moment of revelation into the idea of the unbounded, the infinite.”
― The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
― The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
“There is a goddess of Memory, Mnemosyne; but none of Forgetting. Yet there should be, as they are twin sisters, twin powers, and walk on either side of us, disputing for sovereignty over us and who we are, all the way until death.”
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“The celebrated Parisian doctor Professor Xavier Bichat developed a fully materialist theory of the human body and mind in his lectures Physiological Researches on Life and Death, translated into English in 1816. Bichat defined life bleakly as ‘the sum of the functions by which death is resisted”
― The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
― The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Polls
Spotlighted Book Discussion Poll I - October 26, 2011
This is a poll that adds other books to our listing of potential non fiction books to discuss and also helps the moderators determine which one or ones are the most popular. Since we have many more group members than when we first started; voting in the polls is very important. There will be a series of polls. Many of these books have been recommended by group members but were either not selected before nor voted upon before.
Vote for the book that you would most like to read and/or is the book that you believe that would appeal to the most group members.
Note:
We have added some of the books nominated thus far but we have more to add to other polls. However, this poll was getting quite large.
However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. There are some books which have been nominated by the same author; however, skip over those if the particular author does not suit you and vote for your favorite or for one you or others might want to read.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in or you think others would be; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
And if you do not see your favorite, just contact me and I will add it to the poll.
This is a poll that adds other books to our listing of potential non fiction books to discuss and also helps the moderators determine which one or ones are the most popular. Since we have many more group members than when we first started; voting in the polls is very important. There will be a series of polls. Many of these books have been recommended by group members but were either not selected before nor voted upon before.
Vote for the book that you would most like to read and/or is the book that you believe that would appeal to the most group members.
Note:
We have added some of the books nominated thus far but we have more to add to other polls. However, this poll was getting quite large.
However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. There are some books which have been nominated by the same author; however, skip over those if the particular author does not suit you and vote for your favorite or for one you or others might want to read.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in or you think others would be; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
And if you do not see your favorite, just contact me and I will add it to the poll.
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Allison Hoover BartlettThe Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
by Edward DolnickThe Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society and the Birth of the Modern World
by Thomas LevensonNewton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist
by Lynn Hudson ParsonsThe Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and the Election of 1828
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