Title: The Royal Society : and the invention of modern science /
Authors: Tinniswood, Adrian
Year: 2019
Subjects: Royal Society (Great Britain) History.; Royal Society (Great Britain); Royal Society; Science Great Britain History.; Science; Naturwissenschaften; Great Britain; Großbritannien
Abstract: "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"--
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.