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The Royal Society / Adrian Tinniswood.

The Royal Society / Adrian Tinniswood.
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ISBN 9781786691897 (hardback)
Author Tinniswood, Adrian (author.)
Title The Royal Society / Adrian Tinniswood.
Other title Title on jacket: Royal Society & the invention of modern science.
Royal Society and the invention of modern science.
Publisher and/or associated date/s London : Head of Zeus, 2019.
©2019.
Description 208 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Series The landmark library
Note "An Apollo book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-204) and index.
Summary The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge has been at the forefront of scientific endeavour for more than 350 years, since receiving its royal charter from Charles II in 1662. Philosophical Transactions, published in 1665, established the concepts of scientific priority and peer review and is the oldest scientific journal in continuous publication in the world. The 8,000 fellows elected to the Society to date include all of the scientific leading lights of the last four centuries, including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Tim Berners-Lee and Stephen Hawking. The Society's motto, nullius in verba, 'on the word of no one', is a reminder of its founders' belief that authority must always be questioned; hypotheses can never be taken for granted; truths must be demonstrated or they are not truths at all. Adrian Tinniswood examines why the Royal Society has been such a pivotal institution in the cultural life of Britain and the world.
Subjects Royal Society (Great Britain) -- History
Discoveries in science
Series Landmark library (Head of Zeus (Publisher))
Call number 2019.154
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