Public
Talks
One
of
the
most
familiar
____________________
of
science
communication
is
the
public
lecture
.
The
traditional
format
is
very
similar
to
a
normal
taught
class
or
lecture
,
with
a
single
speaker
presenting
on
a
specific
topic
,
and
the
audience
listening
.
Use
of
question
and
answer
sessions
____________________
the
end
of
the
presentation
can
allow
for
some
interaction
between
the
speaker
and
the
participants
,
however
generally
public
lectures
are
____________________
a
?
transmission'
form
of
communication
.
The
Christmas
Lectures
hosted
by
the
Royal
Institution
of
Great
Britain
(
the
RI
)
are
____________________
one
of
the
best
known
and
longest
established
examples
,
____________________
(
apart
from
a
short
break
for
the
second
world
war
)
have
been
____________________
continuously
since
1824
(
James
,
2007
)
.
In
____________________
to
the
live
audience
,
since
1966
the
Christmas
Lectures
have
____________________
televised
annually
,
reaching
international
audiences
____________________
more
than
one
million
people
.
In
the
____________________
days
Humphry
Davy
and
Michael
Faraday
(
and
others
internationally
____________________
as
Hans
Christian
Ørsted
in
Denmark
)
introduced
innovations
to
the
public
lecture
format
____________________
greater
improve
their
popularity
,
____________________
included
targeting
?
juveniles'
(
people
aged
15
-
20
)
and
incorporating
demonstrations
and
practical
experiments
that
wowed
the
audience
members
(
James
,
2007
;
Pearce
Williams
,
2008
)
.
This
popularity
____________________
widely
perceived
;
in
a
public
profile
of
Faraday
,
the
Illustrated
London
News
(
1861
,
cited
by
James
,
2007
)
____________________
:
For
the
last
eight
seasons
Professor
Faraday
has
____________________
this
task
with
a
modesty
and
power
which
it
is
impossible
to
praise
too
much
.
