Bibliograph

Seeing further, the story of science, discovery and the genius of the Royal Society, edited & introduced by Bill Bryson ; contributing editor, Jon Turney

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Label

Seeing further, the story of science, discovery and the genius of the Royal Society, edited & introduced by Bill Bryson ; contributing editor, Jon Turney

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-489) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Seeing further

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

548626444

Responsibility statement

edited & introduced by Bill Bryson ; contributing editor, Jon Turney

Sub title

the story of science, discovery and the genius of the Royal Society

Summary

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."

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Seeing further

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