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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966)

January. 04,1966

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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an informative and entertaining manner. Michael Faraday initiated the first Christmas Lecture series in 1825. This came at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. Faraday presented a total of nineteen series in all.

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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

1966

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 59 : 2024

3 Episode

Episode 1 - From Taste Buds to Toilet

December. 29,2024

Dr Chris van Tulleken follows the extraordinary journey food takes through our bodies – from the very first moment we see and smell a potential meal... until it finally emerges at the other end of our digestive tract. Be prepared for plenty of gross moments in this one-hour lecture!

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Episode 2 - How Food Makes Us

December. 30,2024

In this lecture, Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates how we get energy from our food and how what we eat makes us who we are. He reveals how combustion engines get their energy in a series of controlled explosions – which he demonstrates using a kitchen cupboard of different foods. As the bangs get bigger, it becomes clear that our bodies can’t get their energy in the same way. Luckily, Chris shows us our bodies are much cleverer than even the most advanced engine.

Episode 3 - The Big Food Hack

December. 31,2024

What did the very first meal on earth look like? To begin his third and final Christmas Lecture in an explosive fashion, Dr Chris van Tulleken takes us back more than four billion years, to the beginnings of life. This was when microscopic bugs first began eating gases and metal, marking the start of an incredible food web which, billions of years later, humans have learned to master.

Seasons 58 : 2023

3 Episode

Seasons 57 : 2022

3 Episode

Seasons 56 : 2021

3 Episode

Seasons 55 : 2020

3 Episode

Seasons 54 : 2019

3 Episode

Seasons 53 : 2018

3 Episode