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@ James
2023-08-02 19:17:30The feeling of Wonder inspired a whole generation to innovate, explore, experiment, and discover new technologies, places, theories, and ideas. This book goes on a journey with some of the era's finest characters and protagonists on their quest to quench their curiosity.
The stories of astronomer William Herschel , high-flying (and sometimes reckless) hot air balloonists, and the explorer Joseph Banks, bring the reader into this magical time - where anything seemed possible and Wonder captured not just the eccentrics, but the masses. I can't help but feel that this sense of Wonder is lost today. In an era inundated with information - we seem to have forgotten how little we truly know, or have eased into the false comfort of the status quo, choosing ignorance of the true depth of our ignorance. After huge success and advancement in the last 100 years - it is easy to be convinced that science can have a full stop, that it is a sentence we can finish. Inevitably, we will get a rude awakening, when the next William Herschel tunes their polished mirrors - and brings a whole new world into focus.
wonder #nostr