Book 81 - Bill Bryson (ed.) "Seeing Further"

[jazzy_dave]

Bill Bryson (ed.) "Seeing Further" (Harper Press)






This is a collection of essays about science celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society in 2010. Authors include scientists, science and science fiction authors. Topics span all sciences and technology, and from the easily accessible to the difficult


Seeing Further wanders all over science as we know it, with everything eventually tying back into the Royal Society. Margaret Atwood wrote a piece on the view of scientists in pop culture, tracing back to the satirizing of the Royal Society in Gulliver's Travels. There are essays on Darwin, crystallography, space-time, and climate change, among others. It was an enjoyable read, and it really gave me a broad appreciation for what the Royal Society does and influences.

The style and quality of the articles varies greatly, but there were a few I enjoyed.

Comments

[tavella.livejournal.com]

I thought from first look that it was a whole book by Bill Bryson about the RS, which would be much more interesting!

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Iam certain it would have been a better book if he wrote the whole of it.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

350 years of science in just this one group, and we still have deniers thriving here in the States. UGH........
Hugs, Jon

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

[malterre.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a nifty book!