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

• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: xxxiii, 366 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 500
• Soggetto topico: Discoveries in science
• Altri autori: JamesFrank A. J. L. <1955->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Ro $1
• Sommario/riassunto: "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."
• Titolo autorizzato: Christmas at the Royal Institution
• ISBN: 1-281-91167-4; 9786611911676; 981-277-110-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784769903321
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