Keep the Candle Burning
A re-enactment of Michael Faraday's famous Christmas Lectures
11 Dec 2014 18:30
Location: UCL Christopher Ingold Building XLG2 Auditorium
map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps?locationID=98
Free event | no booking necessary | school groups welcome
Michael Faraday's 'Chemical History of a Candle' was a series of Christmas
lectures that he delivered three times at the Royal Institution. The final
series (1860-1861) was published and became one of the best selling
science books ever, still in print in English and translated into many
other languages. This lecture, delivered in period costume, including live
experimental demonstrations of candles, perhaps with explosions, explores
why Faraday's lectures remain as relevant today as in the nineteenth
century, and thus provide an exemplar of communicating science.
Join us to experience a Victorian extravaganza with Professor Frank James,
Professor Steve Miller, Mr Oliver Marsh, Ms Kaatje Lomme, and Ms Farrah
Lawrence.
"STS Science and Society" is a regular series of events organized by UCL
Department of Science and Technology Studies as part of our public
programmes. We run these events to share our research, foster the exchange
of ideas, and engage well beyond academic circles. These are free of
charge and open to the public.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/sas
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Professor Joe Cain
Head of Department
UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies
University College London | Gower Street | London | WC1E 6BT | UK
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