TY - BOOK AU - Tinniswood,Adrian TI - The Royal Society: and the invention of modern science SN - 9781541673588 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Royal Society (Great Britain) KW - History KW - Science KW - Great Britain N1 - Originally published in Great Britain in hardcover and ebook by Head of Zeus in January 2019. -- Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index N2 - "Historian Adrian Tinniswood recounts the founding and history of the Royal Society, created and devoted to advancing knowledge through experimentation. The 8,000 fellows elected to the Society since its founding in London in 1662 include all of the scientific leading lights of the last four centuries, including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Tim Berners-Lee, and Stephen Hawking"-- ER -