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The last book I read was "Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society" which is a collection of essays edited by Bill Bryson that all relate in some way to the scientific discoveries/advancements made by people associated with the Royal Society of London. It was pretty dry and as far as I'm concerned it was pretty hit and miss. I was hoping for stories about the early members of the RS like Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, and Robert Hooke. There was some of that, but there was also some preachy stuff about climate change, some boring stuff about building bridges and some interesting talk about modern concepts of time and advanced math. Can't really recommend it for general purposes.
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