Royal Society celebrates 350 years

“From the Enlightenment, through the Industrial Revolution and into today’s Age of Information, science has been critical to every aspect of our development over the past 350 years – and the Royal Society has been at the forefront of the scientific world throughout that time,” reads Lord Rees of Ludlow’s introduction to the ‘Science sees further‘ report released Nov. 30, 2010 the same day as the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary.

Thanks to GrrlScientist’s Nov. 30, 2010 posting at Punctuated Equilibrium (one of The Guardian’s science blogs) for leading me to this report.  I took a brief glance at ‘Science sees further’ and found a series of essays that focus on everything from extraterrestrial life to stem cell therapy to environmental issues.

I also discovered the Royal Society’s Trailblazing site (from the site’s front page),

Welcome to Trailblazing, an interactive timeline for everybody with an interest in science. Compiled by scientists, science communicators and historians – and co-ordinated by Professor Michael Thompson FRS – it celebrates three and a half centuries of scientific endeavour and has been launched to commemorate the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary in 2010.

Trailblazing is a user-friendly, ‘explore-at-your-own-pace’, virtual journey through science. It showcases sixty fascinating and inspiring articles selected from an archive of more than 60,000 published by the Royal Society between 1665 and 2010.

Congratulations to the Royal Society on reaching 350 years! This has to be a record of some kind.

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