Given that Adrian Tinniswood's most recent book prior to this was about the society of the royal household it is slightly confusing that this book is not just a rehash of that. Instead it is a history of the Royal Society , subtitled & The Invention of Modern Science.

Established in 1660  when twelve men met weekly, on a Wednesday 'for the advancement of various parts of learning'. Those initial members included a professor of anatomy (Christopher Wren) and a physicist (Robert Boyle).

The society has been at the forefront of scientific endeavour for more than 350 years and its 8000 elected Fellows have included every important scientist working in Britain, from Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin to Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee.

Tinniswood charts the history of the society whose motto Nullius in verba means 'on the word of no one' - a reminder that authority must always be questioned, that hypotheses can never be taken for granted and that truths must be demonstrated or they are not truths at all.

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