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The experimental science
of the Royal Society
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Brilliant bridge-builder
Thomas Telford
64
How the rise of rail
transformed Britain
and beyond
62 84
The 5,000-year quest Brunel the genius…
to know the universe and despot
72 Heroes of invention 94 Thomas Telford
Christine MacLeod explores how Julian Glover hails an engineer Science stories
the great industrialists of the who transformed Britain
Patricia Fara looks at five key
19th century were celebrated
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100 The Scottish individuals associated with
Enlightenment the Royal Society
80 PEOPLE &
PERSONALITIES Alexander Broadie explains how 24 Gowin Knight
Glasgow became the intellectual
82 Ada Lovelace hotbed of the 18th century 46 Francis Hauksbee
James Essinger explores the life 104 Women of the space race 61 William Herschel
of one of the most important Margot Lee Shetterly shares the 99 Humphry Davy
figures in computing history untold story of the African- 108 Isaac Newton
84 Brunel: A hard taskmaster American women who worked
Steven Brindle reveals the for Nasa in the 1960s
despotic side of the great 109 Science Q&A 114 Opinion
engineering genius Knowing more about the history
Unlikely links and surprising facts
of maths helps us to teach it, says
92 Waking up with Plato from BBC Focus Magazine
Marcus du Sautoy
Greg Jenner describes how our
ancestors started their day
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