Herrlich illustriertes Buch zum 350. Geburtstag der Royal Society im Jahr 2010. Fotos und Dokumente aus den Archiven der Royal Society veranschaulichen den Einfluss der Wissenschaften auf die Geschichte und das Gesicht unserer Welt. Der Society gehörten Weltveränderer wie Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton und Albert Einstein an. Zweiundzwanzig der berühmtesten Wissenschaftler, Essayisten, Romanciers und Historiker der Welt tragen zu dieser Hommage an die Wissenschaft bei. Unter den Autoren sind Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, David Attenborough, Martin Rees und Richard Fortey.

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, and with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, David Attenborough, Martin Rees and Richard Fortey amongst others, this is a remarkable volume celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society.

Autorentext

Bill Bryson's many books include, most recently 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid' as well as 'A Short History of Nearly Everything', 'I'm a Stranger Here Myself', 'A walk in the Woods', 'Neither Here Nor There', 'Made in America', and 'Notes from a Small Island'. He edited 'The Best American Travel Writing 2000'. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, he now lives in Norfolk with his wife and four children.

Klappentext

On a damp November evening in 1660, a small group of men gathered to hear a twenty-eight-year old - and not widely famous - Christopher Wren give an astronomy lecture. As they listened to him speak, his audience decided to create a Society to promote the accumulation of useful knowledge. And with that, the Royal Society was born.

Since then, the Society's fellows have split the atom, discovered hydrogen, the double helix and the electron. They've invented the World Wide Web and developed profound theories on evolution, gravity and motion. They've tested the very limits of knowledge itself.

Introduced and edited by Bill Bryson, Seeing Further is filled to the brim with contributions from some of today's most eminent writers; Richard Dawkins on Darwin; Margaret Atwood on mad scientists; Richard Holmes on ballooners, and many more. Closing with the reflections of the Society's current President, Martin Rees, Seeing Further forms a truly remarkable and unique celebration of one of the greatest scientific forces in history.

'Lavishly illustrated, it manages to strike just the right note between celebration and provocation' Financial Times

Zusammenfassung
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.