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

Table of Contents: “…: Rivalries and the birth of modern science / Rebecca Newberger Goldstein -- Charged atmospheres : promethean science and the Royal Society / Simon Schaffer -- A new age of flight : Joseph Banks goes ballooning / Richard Holmes -- Archives of life : science and collections / Richard Fortey -- Darwin's five bridges : the way to natural selection / Richard Dawkins -- Images of progress : conferences of engineers / Henry Petroski -- X-ray visions : structural biologists and social action in the twentieth century / Georgina Ferry -- Ten thousand wedges : biodiversity, natural selection and random change / Steve Jones -- Making stuff : From Bacon to bakelite / Philip Ball -- Just typical : our changing place in the universe / Paul Davies -- Behind the scenes : the hidden mathematics that rules our world / Ian Stewart -- Simple, really : from simplicity to complexity--and back again / John D. …”

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