Seeing further : the story of science, discovery, and the genius of the Royal Society / edited & introduced by Bill Bryson ; contributing editor, Jon Turney.
Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 486-489) .
Contents:
Conclusion: Looking fifty years ahead / Martin Rees. Of the madness of mad scientists : Jonathan Swift's grand academy / Margaret Atwood -- Lost in space : the spiritual crisis of Newtonian cosmology / Margaret Wertheim -- Atoms of cognition : metaphysics in the Royal Society / Neal Stephenson -- What's in a name? : 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. Barrow -- Globe and sphere, cycles and flows : how to see the world / Oliver Morton -- Beyond ending : looking into the void / Maggie Gee -- Confidence, consensus and the uncertainty cops : tackling risk management in climate change / Stephen H. Schneider -- Time : the winged chariot / Gregory Benford -- Conclusion: Looking fifty years ahead / Martin Rees.
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