Seeing Further

Bill Bryson

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS

Publication Date : 07/01/2010

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Subtitled, "350 Years Of The Royal Society & Scientific Endeavour". Since its birth, the Royal Society's members have included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Locke and Alexander Fleming - this lavishly illustrated book celebrates the greatest achievements of the Society.

Publisher's description:

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.

ISBN: 9780007302567