The 2012 Book Club selection for PAM is “Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society”, edited by Bill Bryson.

From the publisher’s website:

“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.”