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| Autore principale: | Thomas, John Meurig, 1032-2020.
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| Titolo: | Albemarle street : portraits, personalities and presentations at the Royal institution / John Meurig Thomas. |
| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : Oxford university press, 2021. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XIX, 263 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: 1 Setting the scene 2. Count Rumford and his remarkable creation in Albemarle street 3. Sir Humphry Davy: natural philosopher, discourser, inventor, poet, and man of action 4. Michael Faraday: paragon 5. The incredible Lord Rayleigh 6. The fuel cell: William Robert Grove's Discourse in 1843 and Francis Bacon's in 1960 7. Molecular biology and the crucial role played by the Davy-Faraday research laboratory in its birth 8. Modern diagnostic medicine: memorable discourse in 1986 by Raymond Andrew on MRI 9. Egyptomania at the RI: Howard Carter's Discourse on the tomb of Tut-Ank-Amun from ante-room to burial chamber 10. 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 11. The most beautiful experiment in physics: candidates from the RI and elsewhere 12. The uniqueness of the RI: some autobiographical reminiscences of my days as director of the RI. Afterword. Index: Albemarle Street |
| ISBN: | 9780192898005 |
| Discipline: | Scienze--Accademie e istituzioni. Scienze--Persone. |
| Enti: | Royal institution (Londra). |
| Luoghi: | Londra. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XVIII. Secolo XIX. Secolo XX. |
| Collocazione: | Cons. Istituti B Londra 032 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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