About the Author Professor Richard Catlow is Director of the Davy Faraday Laboratory of the Royal Institution. Professor Susan Greenfield is Director of the Royal Insititution and a well-known writer and broadcaster on science. Product Description Since its foundation in 1799, the Royal Institution of Great Britain has inspired enthusiasm and excitement for science, as a means to understanding the world around us. The Friday Evening Discourses were initiated by Michael Faraday in 1826 and are one of the most prestigious series ofpopular science lectures in the world.This new selection of essays from the Royal Institution offers fascinating and authoritative accounts of current thinking in diverse areas of science, ranging from cosmic rays to the development of new materials that seem to have a life of their own. Also in this collection are essays that considerhow scientists can better convey their work to the general public and to a younger generation.