Edited & introduced by Bill Bryson & with contributions from Richard Dawkins Margaret Atwood David Attenborough Martin Rees & Richard Fortey amongst others this is a remarkable volume celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. Since its inception in 1660 the Royal Society has pioneered scientific discovery & exploration. The oldest scientific academy in existence its backbone is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists in history including Charles Darwin Isaac Newton & Albert Einstein. Today its Fellows are the most influential men & women in science many of whom have contributed to this ground-breaking volume alongside some of the world's most celebrated novelists essayists & historians. Published to mark its 350th anniversary this highly illustrated book celebrates the Royal Society's vast achievements in its illustrious past as well as its huge contribution to the development of modern science. With unrestricted access to the Society's archives & photographs ' Seeing Further' shows that the history of scientific endeavour & discovery is a continuous thread running through the history of the world & of society
- & is one that continues to shape the world we live in today.