The Royal Society : and the invention of modern science / Adrian Tinniswood.
By: Tinniswood, Adrian [author.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First US edition.Description: xix, 219 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781541673588.Subject(s): Royal Society (Great Britain) -- History | Science -- Great Britain -- HistoryDDC classification: 506.014 TIN | Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Bethesda Public Library | Bethesda Public Library | Nonfiction | General | 506.014 TIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 30100014134151 |
Originally published in Great Britain in hardcover and ebook by Head of Zeus in January 2019. -- Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.
Prelude -- Foundation -- Charter -- Experiment -- Philosophical transactions -- Repositories and laboratories -- Persons of great quality -- Sticks and stones -- Reform -- Foreign parts -- A brave new world -- Appendix 1: The founders -- Appendix 2: The first charter, July 15, 1662 -- Appendix 3: Experiments and observations.
"Historian Adrian Tinniswood recounts the founding and history of the Royal Society, created and devoted to advancing knowledge through experimentation. The 8,000 fellows elected to the Society since its founding in London in 1662 include all of the scientific leading lights of the last four centuries, including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Tim Berners-Lee, and Stephen Hawking"-- Provided by publisher.