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BenG · 01-01-2011, 11:15 AM

I'm on the second book in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Trilogy and loving it so far, though the detailed discussions of science, finance and history may put some people off.
The doings of the Royal Society (Including Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, and Samuel Pepys) is a major focus of the books, so I've been reading essays from Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society interspersed with Stephenson.

Seeing Further is a collection of essays edited by Bill Bryson about the group that is credited with inventing modern science and peer review. It's fascinating reading.

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BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I'm on the second book in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Trilogy and loving it so far, though the detailed discussions of science, finance and history may put some people off. The doings of the Royal Society (Including Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, and Samuel Pepys) is a major focus of the books, so I've been reading essays from Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society interspersed with Stephenson. Seeing Further is a collection of essays edited by Bill Bryson about the group that is credited with inventing modern science and peer review. It's fascinating reading. Last edited by BenG; 01-01-2011 at 11:19 AM.