The Royal Society, 16601940 by Henry Lyons - 9781107492813

The Royal Society, 16601940A History of its Administration under its Charters\nAuthor(s): Henry Lyons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107492813, 978-1107492813\nSynopsis\nSir Henry Lyons [tel] was the Director of the Science Museum and the Treasurer of the Royal Society in London. He began researching this administrative history of the Society in 1940, and managed to complete it shortly before his death from ill health. In it, he reviews the way in which the Society's council governed its affairs during the two and a half centuries in which it gained its reputation in the scientific world. A brief bibliography is supplied at the end of every chapter. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science and the creation and continuation of the Royal Society.