Seeing further : the story of science, discovery & the genius of the Royal Society
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Published
New York : William Morrow, [2010].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
506 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : William Morrow, [2010].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: London : Harper Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-489) and index.
Description
As editor of "Seeing Further," Bryson has rounded up an extraordinary roster of scientists who write and writers who know science in order to celebrate 350 years of the Royal Society, Britain's scientific national academy. The contributors include Margaret Atwood, Steve Jones, Richard Dawkins, James Gleick, Richard Holmes, and Neal Stephenson, among many others, on subjects ranging from metaphysics to nuclear physics, from the threatened endtimes of flu and climate change to our evolving ideas about the nature of time itself, from the hidden mathematics that rule the universe to the cosmological principle that guides "Star Trek."
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