Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Proceedings of
the Royal Society is the parent title of two scientific journals
published by the Royal Society, whereas its initial journal,
Philosophical Transactions, is now devoted to special thematic issues.
Originally a single journal, "Proceedings" was split into two separate
journals in 1905: Series A, which publishes research related to
mathematical, physical and engineering sciences; Series B, which
publishes research related to biology. The two journals are currently
the Royal Society's main research journals. Many celebrated names in
science have published their research in Proc. R. Soc., including Paul
Dirac, Werner Heisenberg, James Clerk Maxwell, Ernest Rutherford, and
Erwin Schrödinger. The Royal Society was founded in 1660 to promote the
new or experimental philosophy of that time, embodying the principles
envisaged by Sir Francis Bacon. Henry Oldenburg was appointed as the
first (joint) secretary to the Society and he was also the first editor
of the Society's journal Philosophical Transactions.
