Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society, (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

5706. Seeing Further The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society, edited by Bill Bryson (read 14 Sep 2020) This 490 page book contains 22 essays by mostly British scholars, on various aspects of science, past and present. I nearly always finish a book I start but almost q...

from MiaCulpa

Sadly, "Seeing further" just wasn't as interesting as I expected it to be. There are certainly some engaging entries (Bill Bryson's inroduction and Margaret Atwood's article referencing "Gulliver's Travels to name just two) but there are also too many entries ranging from the dull to the outright...

from DLMorrese

From Bill Bryson's introduction:The Royal Society...invented scientific publishing and peer review. It made English the primary language of scientific discourse, in place of Latin. It systematised experimentation. It promoted - indeed insisted upon - clarity of expression in place of high-flown r...

from paulmorriss

Although edited by Bill Bryson there are a number of authors contributing chapters. The style and quality of the articles varies greatly, but there were a few I enjoyed.

from stuartechambers

I have to say that whilst I love Bill Bryson, I really didn't like this book at all & that's sad as i was so looking forward to read it. I would like to put two thousand scientists in a room and ask those who believe in God to put their hands up and then ask those who do why they relentlessly pur...