Institutions & learned societies: general

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.

Behind the scenes of the private world at the heart of royalty, as revealed by a distinguished royal commentator.

A work that explores the interaction between the practice of science and public life.