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威廉·麦加里（William McGurry，1951 年 12 月 8 日－）是一位英裔美国作家，创作主题包括旅行、英语和科学的非小说类书籍。他出生于美国，成年后大部分时间居住在英国，1995 年至 2003 年返回美国，同时拥有美国和英国公民身份。他于 2005 年至 2011 年担任杜伦大学校长。

Bryson 通过出版和伴随电视连续剧《小岛笔记》（1995 年）对英国的探索而在英国声名鹊起。他因出版《几乎所有事物的简史》（2003 年）而再次获得广泛认可，这本书因其易于理解的学术交流而广受赞誉。 2020年10月，他宣布他已经“退休”了写书。

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Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with original contributions from "a glittering array of scientific writing talent" (Sunday Observer) including Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick, and Neal Stephenson, among others, this incomparable book tells the spectacular story of science and the international Royal Society, from 1660 to the present. Seeing Further is also gorgeously illustrated with photographs, documents, and treasures from the Society's exclusive archives. On a damp weeknight in November three hundred and fifty years ago, a dozen men gathered in London. After hearing an obscure twenty-eight-year-old named Christopher Wren lecture on the wonders of astronomy, his rapt audience was moved to create a society to promote the accumulation of useful—and fascinating—knowledge. At that, the Royal Society was born, and with it, modern science. Since then, the Royal Society has pioneered global scientific exploration and discovery. Its members have split the atom, discovered the double helix and the electron, and given us the computer and the World Wide Web. Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle, Joseph Banks, Humphry Davy, John Locke, Alexander Fleming, Stephen Hawking—all have been fellows. Bill Bryson's favorite fellow is the Reverend Thomas Bayes, a brilliant mathematician who devised Bayes' theorem. Its complexity meant that it had little practical use in Bayes' own lifetime, but today his theorem is used for weather forecasting, astrophysics, and even stock-market analysis. A milestone in mathematical history, it exists only because the Royal Society decided to preserve it—just in case. Truly global in its outlook, the Royal Society now is credited with creating modern science. Seeing Further is an unprecedented celebration of its history and the power of ideas, bringing together the very best of science writing.