Author:
Thomas, J. M. (John Meurig) author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintOxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Descriptionxix, 263 : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note:Setting the scene -- Count Rumford and his remarkable creation in Albemarle Street -- Sir Humphry Davy: natural philosopher, discourser, inventor, poet, and man of action -- Michael Faraday: paragon -- The incredible Lord Rayleigh -- The fuel cell: william Robert Grove's discourse in 1843 and Francis Bacon's in 1960 -- Molecular biology and the crucial role played by the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory in its birth -- Modern diagnostic medicine: memorable discourse in 1986 by Raymond Andrew on MRI -- Egyptomania at the RI: Howard Carter's discourse on the tomb of Tut-Ank-Amun from ante-room to burial chamber -- Peter Mark Roget: facilitator of the writing of good English and two of his distinguished successors as the Fullerian Professor of Physiology (Thomas Henry Huxley and Sir Peter Medawar) -- The most beautiful experiment in physics: candidates from the RI and elsewhere -- The uniqueness of the RI: some autobiographical reminiscences of my days as director of the RI -- Afterword.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:The publication presents a selection of the remarkable personalities who have worked at The Royal Institution in London. Many of them revolutionized various facets of science and technology, others were renowned for their general cultural contributions to the arts, literature, drama, anthropology, medicine, music, poetry, politics and religion.
