Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
by BRyson, Bill, Edited & Introduced By. Contributing Editor: Jon Turney
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0007302568
- ISBN 13
- 9780007302567
- Seller
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Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
BILL BRYSON is one of the best-selling and best-loved authors writing in English today. His books include A Walk in the Woods , Notes from a Small Island , In a Sunburned Country , Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors , and a memoir of childhood, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid . His exploration of scientific knowledge, A Short History of Nearly Everything , earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize. Bryson lives in Britain with his wife and children. The Royal Society, the national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth, is at the cutting edge of scientific progress. It supports many leading young scientists, engineers and technologists, influences science policy, debates scientific issues with the public, and much more. It is an independent, charitable body which derives its authority from its over 1,400 Fellows and Foreign Members: distinguished the eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland.
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- Bookseller
- Carmarthenshire Rare Books. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121591
- Title
- Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
- Author
- BRyson, Bill, Edited & Introduced By. Contributing Editor: Jon Turney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007302568
- ISBN 13
- 9780007302567
- Publisher
- Harper Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science/Technology/Medicine;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
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