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The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures were first held in 1825, [2] and have continued on an annual basis since then except for four years during the Second World War. [3] They have been hosted each year at the Royal Institution itself, except in 1929 and between 2005 and 2006, each time due to refurbishment of the building. [ 4 ]
The Chemical History of a Candle was the title of a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames given by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1848, as part of the series of Christmas lectures for young people founded by Faraday in 1825 and still given there every year.
The Royal Institution was founded as the result of a proposal by Sir Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) for the "formation by Subscription, in the Metropolis of the British Empire, of a Public Institution for diffusing the Knowledge and facilitating the general Introduction of useful Mechanical Inventions and Improvements, and for the teaching by courses of Philosophical Lectures and ...
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The winner is required to present a lecture as part of the Society's annual programme of public events, which is usually held in January of the following year; during the lecture, the President of the Royal Society awards the medal. [2] Unlike other prizes awarded by the society, the committee has not always publicly provided a rationale.
Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture Series by the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory University; Gardner Murphy Memorial Lecture Series by the American Society for Psychical Research; HHMI's Neuroscience Lecture Series at Howard Hughes Medical Institute [16] IHF Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning and Memory at Irvine Health ...
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The listing for the 2007 lectures links to Hugh Montgomery. That page describes him as a US mathematician, now teaching at the University of Michigan. However, the Royal Institution web site describes the lecturer as a "diver, skydiver, high-altitude mountaineer and intensive care doctor". These sound unlikely to be the same individual.