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The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been held in London annually since 1825. They serve as a forum for presenting complex scientific issues to a general audience in an informative and entertaining manner. In the mid 1820s Michael Faraday, a former Director of the Royal Institution, initiated the first Christmas Lecture series at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. He presented a total of 19 series, establishing an exciting new venture of teaching science to young people that was eventually copied by other institutions internationally.

6 episodes

In the first lecture, Eric Rogers introduces us to the world of atoms and the unusual properties of liquids.

In this lecture we explore the nature of gaseous substances.

Ions are atoms or molecules that have gained an electric charge — by gaining or losing a spare negative electron.

Some atoms are radioactive, waiting to explode and hurl out a small 'chip' thus becoming quite a different atom — an atom of a different chemical element.

EM Rogers' fifth lecture explores the structure of atom and the ability to extract energy from them via fission.

Through indirect means we are able to observe atoms that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye

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