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Although a voluntary body, it serves as the national academy of the sciences in the United Kingdom. It is a member organisation of the Science Council.

It's possible that the Royal Society was one of the first documented aspirations toward Open Content; they imagined a network across the globe as a public enterprise, an "Empire of Learning". They also were one of the first documented cases of attempting to deal with having content available to address language and languages within the Sciences, and strove to remove language barriers. Dedicated to the free flow of information, the Royal Society despised secrecy and encouraged communication.

1 Famous members

Several famous scientists were either the founding members or involved during its history. The early group included Robert Boyle, John Evelyn, Robert Hooke, William Petty, John WallisJohn Wallis ( November 22, 1616 October 28, 1703) was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of modern calculus. Between 1643 and 1689 he served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court. He is als, John WilkinsJohn Wilkins ( January 1 1614 November 19 1672) was an English churchman, Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. He was born at Fawsley, Northamptonshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford (then Magdalen Hall). He was ordained and became vica, Thomas WillisThomas Willis ( 1621- 1673) was an English doctor who played an important part in the history of the science of anatomy and was a co-founder of the Royal Society ( 1662). Willis worked as a physician in Westminster, London, and from 1660 until his death w and Sir Christopher WrenSir Christopher Wren ( October 20, 1632 February 25, 1723) was an English architect of the seventeenth century, famous for his role in the re-building of London's churches after the Great Fire of London of 1666. Life and Times Wren is particularly known f. Isaac NewtonKneller's portrait of 1689. Sir Isaac Newton ( December 25, 1642 March 20, 1727 by the Julian calendar then in use; or January 4, 1643 March 31, 1727 by the Gregorian calendar) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemis demonstrated his theory of optics to them, and later became president of the society. The motto "Nullius in Verba" means literally "On the words of no one" signifying the Society's commitment to establishing the truth of scientific matters through experiment rather than through citation of authority. Although this seems obvious today, the philosophical basis of the Royal society differed from previous philosophies such as ScholasticismScholasticism comes from the Latin word scholasticus which means "that [which] belongs to the school". It is a method, or technique, of teaching and learning created by late 11th Century medieval scholars and theologians. Scholasticism is not a philosophy, which established scientific truth based on deductive logic, concordance with divine providence and the citation of such ancient authorities as Aristotle.