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245 00 $aSeeing further :$bthe story of science, discovery, and the genius of the Royal Society /$cedited & introduced by Bill Bryson ; contributing editor, Jon Turney.
250 $a1st Harper Perennial ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper Perennial,$c2011.
300 $a506 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c23 cm
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500 $a"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2010 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers" -- T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 486-489) and index.
505 00 $tAt the beginning : more things in heaven and earth /$rJames Gleick --$tOf the madness of mad scientists : Jonathan Swift's grand academy /$rMargaret Atwood --$tLost in space : the spiritual crisis of Newtonian cosmology /$rMargaret Wertheim --$tAtoms of cognition : metaphysics in the Royal Society /$rNeal Stephenson --$tWhat's in a name? : Rivalries and the birth of modern science /$rRebecca Newberger Goldstein --$tCharged atmospheres : promethean science and the Royal Society /$rSimon Schaffer --$tA new age of flight : Joseph Banks goes ballooning /$rRichard Holmes --$tArchives of life : science and collections /$rRichard Fortey --$tDarwin's five bridges : the way to natural selection /$rRichard Dawkins --$tImages of progress : conferences of engineers /$rHenry Petroski --$tX-ray visions : structural biologists and social action in the twentieth century /$rGeorgina Ferry --$tTen thousand wedges : biodiversity, natural selection and random change /$rSteve Jones --$tMaking stuff : From Bacon to bakelite /$rPhilip Ball --$tJust typical : our changing place in the universe /$rPaul Davies --$tBehind the scenes : the hidden mathematics that rules our world /$rIan Stewart --$tSimple, really : from simplicity to complexity--and back again /$rJohn D. Barrow --$tGlobe and sphere, cycles and flows : how to see the world /$rOliver Morton --$tBeyond ending : looking into the void /$rMaggie Gee --$tConfidence, consensus and the uncertainty cops : tackling risk management in climate change /$rStephen H. Schneider --$tTime : the winged chariot /$rGregory Benford --$tConclusion: Looking fifty years ahead /$rMartin Rees.
610 20 $aRoyal Society (Great Britain)$xHistory.
650 0 $aDiscoveries in science.
700 1 $aBryson, Bill.
700 1 $aTurney, Jon.
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