| Title |
The Royal Society : and the invention of modern science / Adrian Tinniswood. |
| Author |
Tinniswood, Adrian, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87147482 author.
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| Description |
xix, 219 pages ; 20 cm |
| Publication |
New York : Basic Books, 2019. |
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©2019 |
| Note |
Originally published in Great Britain in hardcover and ebook by Head of Zeus in January 2019. -- tp verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
Royal Society (Great Britain) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79127772 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Science http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118553 -- Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
History.
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628
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