International Bestseller
New York Times Bestselling Author
In this impressive internationally bestselling compendium—featuring contributions from well-known scientists and science-fiction writers—Bill Bryson takes readers on a guided tour through the great discoveries, feuds, and personalites of modern science
"Bryson is as amusing as ever. . . . As a celebration of 350 years of modern science, it is a worthy tribute."—The Economist
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- William Morrow
- Carton Qty: 14
- Selling Territory: USOM
- 35,000
- PUBLISHING HISTORY
- William Morrow (hc) 9780061999765
- Subsidiary Rights: First Serial, UK: William Morrow; Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Miriam Altshuler Agency
- On Sale: 11/2/2010
- Science/History
- Tr 9780061999765 $35.00 (NCR)
- 512 pages; 6 3/4 x 9
- color art and illustrations throughout
- Model ISBN: 9780060740221
Shakespeare
• Seeing Further was a top 10 London Times bestseller.
• Bill Bryson gained a huge popular-science audience with the million-copy bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything, which the New York Times hailed as “a modern classic of science writing.” And the story of the Royal Society is filled with the kind of true-life eccentric characters and fascinating discoveries that make Bryson’s books so entertaining.
• The Royal Society celebrates its 350th anniversary on November 28, 2010.
Marketing Campaign
• National Broadcast and Print Media Campaign
• 25-City Radio Satellite Tour
• Academic Marketing, with Educator Outreach
• Blogger Campaign, Including E-cards
• Cross-Promotions with Royal Society
Photo Credit: Jerry Bauer
Backlist
Shakespeare (The Illustrated and Updated Edition)
Bill Bryson
- Hardcover
- 9780061965326
- 11/3/2009
- $29.99 ($38.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shakespeare Low Price Unabridged CD
Bill Bryson
- Audio
- 9780061671371
- Reader: Bill Bryson
- Media: CDs
- 10/21/2008
- $14.99 ($18.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Shakespeare LP
Bill Bryson
- Large Print
- 9780061363917
- 11/13/2007
- $19.95 ($23.50 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
The Mother Tongue
Bill Bryson
- Trade PB
- 9780380715435
- 10/23/2001
- $14.99 ($18.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
Notes from a Small Island
Bill Bryson
- Trade PB
- 9780380727506
- 5/15/2001
- $14.99 ( Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
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Seeing Further
Bill Bryson
- E-Book
- 9780062036223
- 11/9/2010
- $21.99
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"Bill Bryson is as amusing as ever . . . As a celebration of modern science, Seeing Further is a worthy tribute."
- The Economist
"In the age of the Kindle and Nook, it is an enormous pleasure to pick up and leaf through a book like Seeing Further. It has a satisfying heft; it makes you want to sink into a hammock. Its smooth, creamy pages are liberally strewn with engravings, portraits and illustrations of artifacts from the Society Archives. But the greatest thing here is the prose. Bryson has solicited essays from the best science writers I know of. . . . as you rock back and forth in your hammock, you may be more inclined to ponder your place in the infinite, unknown and possibly megadimensional cosmos."
- Sara Lippincott, Los Angeles Times
"Seeing Further shines a spotlight on Royal Society geniuses. . . . . Bill Bryson is a natural to edit this volume about the rise of science and the Royal Society. . . . Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Richard Holmes, Richard Dawkins and Martin Rees, among others, write about their favorite things, respectively, the birth of science, a new age of flight, Darwin's natural selection, and looking at the next 50 years ahead."
- Buffalo News
"Traces the Royal Society's unparalled contributions to science, celebrating not just the famous members like Isaac Newton but also the oddballs."
- Discover magazine (Hot Science)
"Bill Bryson exhibits a wealth of essays on the scientific discoveries and exploits of the Royal Society"
- Vanity Fair
"A treasure trove for lovers of science and history. These pages brim with revolutionary discoveries."
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune (A Best Book of the Year selection)
"A beautiful book to grace your coffee table - or someone else's . . . This handsome illustrated volume commemorates the birth and development of Britain's Royal Society with essays from heavy literary hitters: Richard Dawkins, James Gleick, Margaret Atwood and Neal Stephenson. All this to celebrate the 350th anniversary of an organization many credit with ushering science into the modern age."
- Seattle Times
"A book of cerebral riches, to be consumed at leisure. It is also beautifully illustrated."
- The Guardian
Praise for the British Edition of Seeing Further:
“A unique, ground-breaking, and beautiful volume, and a suitable reflection of the immense achievements of science.”
“A unique, ground-breaking, and beautiful volume, and a suitable reflection of the immense achievements of science.”
- The Times (London)
"A celebration of science writing.... Provocative, admirable and highly readable."
- Sunday Times
"Bryson presents a remarkable collection of essays celebrating the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Society of London and its many contributions to science. The volume's 23 contributors are both uniformly excellent and remarkable for their diversity. Bryson's name will bring readers in, but the real reward is fine writers writing about serious science in an accessible, good-natured style. It is a worthy celebration of the Royal Society."
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A celebratory volume. . . . The history of the Royal Society is one of the most exciting tales to be told; it is a club for geniuses that has consistently made the world a better place.The roll-call of past and present fellows is the story of modern science. . . . Bill Bryson has done more than most to bring the story of science to a popular audience and here is given the enviable task of bringing together writers, historians and some of the biggest brains of our time."
- Sunday Telegraph
"An impressive and wide-ranging collection of contributors, each of them supplying an extended essay on science past, present or future. . . . Bryson was an inspired choice as editor of this book. Had a real scientist, a professional, taken on the task, the book might have been more rigorous, more esoteric, less readable. Instead, Bryson embodies the often underestimated qualities of the gifted amateur. In its benevolence and open-mindedness, not to mention its eye for the strange and unusual, the book carries his distinctive mark. His contention is that a history of the Royal Society is a history of science itself, and the sheer range of the material gathered here demonstrates that, in a quiet, undemonstrative way."
- The Spectator
"Brilliant . . . Riveting . . . This beautiful book showcases distinguished scientists making difficult concepts exciting and accessible, and eloquent narrators diverting us with page-turning tales, all in their own distinctive ways."
- The Independent
"Reflects on the 350 years of intellectual adventures . . . In his colourful introduction, Bill Bryson says what impresses him about the Royal Society is the "boundlessness of its range." This book fully lives up to that description."
- New Scientist
"For the history and science lovers comes author Bill Bryson's Seeing Further. Celebrating the Royal Society, one of the world's most prestigious scientific organizations, Bryson has compiled a fascinating, fullcolor book with subjects ranging from metaphysics to cosmological principles of Star Trek. He looks at the great scientific personalities in history, including Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking. This book includes essays from some of the most brilliant minds in science today, including James Glieck, Neal Stephenson and Margaret Atwood. Each section has an introduction by Bryson, and gorgeous photography throughout the book.
- Times Record News
"The story of scientific discovery is all the more remarkable when you remember the historical context. If your loved one likes snuggling up in front of a fire with a good read, look no further than Seeing Further. This history, with chapters by the likes of Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes and Martin Rees, is a tale of a global institution that was created for the advancement of science and rode the subsequent wave of invention, understanding and prosperity. And it's edited by Bill Bryson; need I say more?"
- The Independent (A Best Book of the Year selection)