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HarperPress and the authors wish to thank the Royal Society for access to their tremendous Library and Archives collection at Carlton House Terrace for many of the images in this book.

The collections are of international importance in the history of science – an extraordinary and unrivalled record of the development of science that spans nearly 350 years. Resources include manuscripts, printed books and paintings, amassed to provide a record of scientific achievements.

HarperPress are also grateful to the following individuals and organisations for providing photographs and for permission to reproduce copyright material. While every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright holders, the publishers would like to apologise for any omissions and will be pleased to incorporate missing acknowledgements in any future editions.

Images not listed below have been provided for use in this book by the Royal Society.

Abbreviations: t: top, b: bottom, l: left, r: right, c: centre.

40: © National Portrait Gallery, London; 43: Paramount Pictures; 49: © National Portrait Gallery, London; 50: © 2009 The British Library; 53:
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2009 The British Library; 63: Tony & Daphne Hallas/Science Photo Library; 65: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; 68: View of the chapel looking towards The Last Judgement, c.1305 (fresco), Giotto di Bondone (c.1266–1337)/Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy / The Bridgeman Art Library; 69: View of the south wall depicting scenes from the Life of Joachim and Anna and the Life of Christ, c.1305 (fresco), Giotto di Bondone (c.1266–1337)/ Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library; 70: Getty Images; 151: British Library MSS Add. 30094, fol. 220; 159(l): SSPL via Getty Images; 162: Science Museum Pictorial/Science & Society Picture Library; 177:
©
National Portrait Gallery, London; 185: © The Natural History Museum, London; 187: © The Natural History Museum, London; 212: © The Natural History Museum, London; 217: © The Natural History Museum, London; 220: © The Natural History Museum, London; 225: Science Source/Science Photo Library; 232: David Toase/Getty Images; 236: Courtesy of the Institution of Civil Engineers; 239: Getty Images; 240(l+r): Courtesy of the Institution of Civil Engineers; 242(l): Jason Todd/Getty Images; 242(r): From The Gate: The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge by John van der Zee, iUniverse, Inc., 2000; 245: Topham Picturepoint; 248: Sami Sarkis/Getty Images; 262: Courtesy of The Oxford Mail; 264(l): Courtesy of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge; 264(r): © BBC; 270: © Estate of Graham Sutherland; 276: © The Natural History Museum, London; 281: © The Natural History Museum, London; 282(tl): SSPL via Getty Images; 282(tr): AFP/Getty Images; 282(bl): Daryl Benson/Getty Images; 282(br): ZenShui/Odilon Dimier/Getty Images; 292: National Geographic/Getty Images; 304: The Royal Society and courtesy of Bassano Portrait Studios; 306: Drawn by Philip Ball; 310: Science Museum Pictorial/Science & Society Picture Library; 323: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; 327: Royal Astronomical Society/Science Photo Library; 332: Drawn by Geoff Westby; 337: Courtesy NASA; 343(l+r): Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech; 345: Science Photo Library; 347: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh/Science Photo Library; 358: Friedrich Saurer/Science Photo Library; 366: Drawn by Geoff Westby; 370: Mehau Kulyk/Science Photo Library; 376: Humanities and Social Sciences Library/Rare Books Division/New York Public Library/Science Photo; 380: Drawn by Geoff Westby; 383: © R.V. Sole, reproduced by permission of the artist; 387: Courtesy NASA; 392: © Tim Knowles www.timknowles.com; 399: Getty Images; 402: Courtesy NASA; 407: Stocktrek Images/Getty Images; 409: © HarperCollins Publishers, Glenn Beanland/Getty Images (Big Ben), Kaz Mori/Getty Images (wave); 413: Getty Images; 416: Harald Sund/Getty Images; 422: The Last Man, 1849 (oil on canvas), Martin, John (1789–1854)/ © Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool / The Bridgeman Art Library; 439: Getty Images; 442: NI syndication; 447: Architect of the Capitol, http://www.aoc.gov/cc/photo-gallery/other_sculpt.cfm; 458: Stocktrek Images/Getty Images; 471: Science Museum Library/Science and Society Picture Library; 475: www.opte.org/; 477: Getty Images; 480: Wilfried Krecichwost/Getty Images; 482: AFP/Getty Images; 483(l): Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; 483(c): Science Photo Library.

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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Notes from a Small Island

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

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