Since their inauguration by Michael Faraday in 1825, the Christmas Lectures of the Royal Institution have been presented annually with only a break from 1939 to 1942. The purpose of the lectures is simple: to present discoveries in the various fields of science to popular audience, adults and children alike, in manner that is engaging […]
In drafting the recently published Newly Noted notice for Dr. Helen Scales’ “Eye of the Shoal,” I made a most delightful discovery indeed. It seems that toward the latter part of 2017, Michael O’Mara Books published the second volume in association with The Royal Institution about their world-renowned Christmas Lectures – a volume dedicated to “our own planet and the animals, plants, fish, insects and all the other living things that inhabit it – how they’ve evolved and the vital roles they play in the intricate webs of life on earth” written by none other than Dr. Scales herself.