The Bakerian Lecture The Bakerian Lecture is the Society’s premier lecture in the physical sciences. It originated in 1775 through a bequest of £100 by Mr Henry Baker FRS. The subject of the lecture is on natural history or experimental philosophy. A gift of £1000 is associated with the lecture. Previous winners include: 2000 Steve Sparks – How volcanoes work 1999 Peter Day – The molecular chemistry of magnets and superconductors. 1998 Richard Ellis – The morphological evolution of the galaxies. 1997 Steven Ley – Sweet dreams: new strategies for oligosaccharide assembly. 1996 Alastair Scott – Genetically engineered synthesis of natural products 1995 Anthony Kelly – Composites: towards intelligent materials design. 1994 John Polanyi – Photochemistry in the adsorbed state: using light as a scalpel and a crystal as an operating table. 1993 Hans Bethe – Mechanism of supernovae. 1992 Thomas Benjamin – The mystery of vortex breakdown. 1991 John Houghton – The predictability of weather and climate. 1990 John Meurig Thomas – New microcrystalline catalysts. Royal Society I News & Media I Events Diary I Grants & Funding I Science for all I Science Policy I Library I Publications I Facilities I Fellows Room I Search I Home

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