Christmas at the Royal Institution : an anthology of lectures / by M. Faraday, J. Tyndall ... [et al.] ; editor, Frank A.J.L. James.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, Frank A. J. L., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in science.

Royal Institution Christmas lectures.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 366 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Since the mid-1820's, a series of lectures has been delivered each year over the Christmas period in the world-famous Faraday Lecture Theatre at The Royal Institution of Great Britain by prominent scientists, addressed specifically to an audience of children. Initially made accessible in book form, the lectures have been nationally televised throughout the UK and distributed worldwide since the 1960's, making them accessible to an even larger audience. The importance of these lectures in promoting science to a broad audience is perhaps best gauged by the fact that an image of one of Faraday's lectures appeared on the Bank of England £20 note in the 1990's. This anthology brings together, for the first time, a carefully chosen selection of 11 lectures from the 1860's to the 1990's. The selection includes lectures by Michael Faraday, arguably the most important and influential 19th-century physicist, and Lawrence Bragg, the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Prize. Through this work, readers will come to grips with the changing nature of popular science lectures over the past 140 years."

Contents:

Preface / Susan Greenfield

Acknowledgements

Introduction / Frank A. J. L. James

Biographical notes on lecturers

The correlation of the physical forces / Michael Faraday

Carbon or charcoa, Coal gas, Respiration and its analogy to the burning of a candle, Conclusion / Michael Faraday

The forms of water in clouds and rivers, ice and glaciers / John Tyndall

Lessons in electricity / John Tyndall

Stars / Robert Stawell Ball

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611911676

9781281911674

1281911674

9789812771100

9812771107

OCLC:

748531120