Founded in 1660, The Royal Society has maintained its position at the leading edge of scientific discovery for 350 years. We are proud to mark this Anniversary with a Special issue featuring ten of the many prominent Fellows who have helped us to better understand the world and the universe through observation and experimentation.
Left to right: Robert Boyle, founder of modern chemistry; Sir Isaac Newton, physicist and optical pioneer; Benjamin Franklin, inventor of the lightning conductor; Edward Jenner, inventor of vaccination; Charles Babbage, developer of programmable computers; Alfred Russel Wallace, pioneer of evolution theory; Joseph Lister, inventor of antiseptic surgery; Ernest Rutherford, founding father of nuclear physics; Dorothy Hodgkin, inventor of x-ray crystallography; Sir Nicholas Shackleton, pioneer of climate research.
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