During its history, the Society has received a number of endowments to fund prize lectures in various areas of the sciences. The lectures are open to the general public and are primarily aimed at non-specialist audiences, as well as experts in the field. This is a list of all prize lectures available to watch on royalsociety.tv, most recent first:
Plastic electronics: the science and application of molecular electronic materials and devices
Professor Donal Bradley CBE FRS
Prize lecture: Bakerian Prize Lecture
02 March 2010, 60 minutes
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The secret mathematicians
Professor Marcus du Sautoy
Prize lecture: Michael Faraday prize lecture
10 February 2010, 60 minutes
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Reprogramming the code of life
Dr Jason Chin
Francis Crick Lecture
26 November 2009, 62 minutes
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Surviving pandemics: a pathogen’s perspective
Professor Sunetra Gupta
Rosalind Franklin Award
02 November 2009, 63 minutes
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The Lilliput laboratory: chemistry & biology on the small scale
Professor Andrew de Mello
Clifford Paterson Prize Lecture 2009
29 October 2009, 65 minutes
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The new biology of ageing
Professor Linda Partridge FRS
Croonian Lecture
26 May 2009, 60 minutes
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The social function of history: policy, history and twentieth-century science
Professor David Edgerton
Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Prize Lecture
20 April 2009, 60 minutes
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Mathematics in the real world: From brain tumours to saving marriages
Professor James Murray FRS
Bakerian Prize Lecture
26 March 2009, 66 minutes
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Every picture tells a story
Professor John Barrow FRS
Michael Faraday Prize
24 February 2009, 70 minutes
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A molecular window into speech and language
Dr Simon Fisher
Francis Crick Lecture
02 December 2008, 76 minutes
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Mapping memory: the brains behind remembering
Professor Eleanor A. Maguire
Rosalind Franklin Award
25 November 2008, 61 minutes
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Taming the Quanta
Professor Martin Plenio
Clifford Paterson Lecture
14 October 2008, 63 minutes
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Plant and animal communication
Professor John Pickett FRS
Croonian Lecture
03 June 2008, 68 minutes
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Hard questions Contemporary art and the obsession with science
Siân Ede
Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture
10 April 2008, 63 minutes
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From proteins to drugs
Professor Mark Pepys FRS FmedSci
GlaxoSmithKline Prize
03 April 2008, 68 minutes
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Raman Microscopy, Pigments and the Arts/Science Interface
Professor Robin Clark CNZM FRS
Bakerian Lecture
07 February 2008, 76 minutes
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The House of Wisdom and the legacy of Arabic Science
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Michael Faraday Prize
30 January 2008, 60 minutes
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Decoding consciousness
Professor Geraint Rees
Francis Crick Lecture
05 December 2007, 66 minutes
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The uses of infinity: a philosopher looks at emergent phenomena in physics
Dr Jeremy Butterfield
Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture
07 November 2007, 61 minutes
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Thinking like a vegetable: how plants decide what to do
Professor Ottoline Leyser
Rosalind Franklin Award
24 October 2007, 62 minutes
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Brain development and brain repair: Molecules and mechanisms that control neuronal wiring
Dr Marc Tessier-Lavigne FRS
Ferrier Lecture
18 June 2007, 72 minutes
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Engineered zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) for the regulation of gene expression
Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS
Croonian Lecture
03 May 2007, 68 minutes
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The dark side of the universe
Professor Joseph Silk FRS
Bakerian Lecture
22 March 2007, 65 minutes
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A natural history of scientists
Dr Richard Fortey FRS
Michael Faraday Prize
30 January 2007, 61 minutes
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Deciphering disease: disruption on the molecular highways of cell communication
Professor Dario Alessi
Francis Crick Lecture
05 December 2006, 72 minutes
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Benjamin Franklin in Europe: electrician, academician, politician
Professor John Heilbron
Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture
22 November 2006, 55 minutes
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Constructing a nervous system: stem cells to synapses
Dr Andrea Brand
Rosalind Franklin Award
30 October 2006, 58 minutes
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Structure and the living cell
Professor Iain Campbell FRS
Croonian Lecture
04 October 2006, 63 minutes
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Plastic fantastic: electronics for the 21st century
Richard Friend FRS
Clifford Paterson Lecture
05 June 2006, 63 minutes
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Plagues and Parasites
Professor Nicholas White OBE
GlaxoSmithKline Prize
11 May 2006, 75 minutes
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The mesoscopic world - from plastic bags to brain disease - structural similarities in physics
Professor Athene Donald FRS
Bakerian Lecture
27 March 2006, 60 minutes
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Microscopy goes cold: frozen viruses reveal their structural secrets
Dr Tony Crowther
Leeuwenhoek Lecture
13 March 2006, 65 minutes
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A silent killer?
Professor Fran Balkwill
Michael Faraday Prize
25 January 2006, 52 minutes
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The Puppet Master: How the brain controls the body
Professor Daniel Wolpert
Francis Crick Lecture
08 December 2005, 68 minutes
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The quandary of the quark
Professor Christine Davies
Rosalind Franklin Award
06 December 2005, 72 minutes
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Measuring our future: the role of sustainability metrics
Professor RC Darton FREng
Hartley Lecture
10 November 2005, 72 minutes
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Optical science in the fast lane
Professor Wilson Sibbett CBE FRS
Clifford Paterson Lecture
27 October 2005, 68 minutes
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Beyond the Human Genome Project: Medicine in the 21st Century
Dr Eric Lander
2005 Rosenblith Lecture (National Academy of Sciences award lecture)
24 October 2005, 79 minutes
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Adventures in vascular biology
Professor Salvador Moncada FRS
Croonian Lecture
10 May 2005, 69 minutes
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Einstein's legacy as a scientist and icon
Lord Martin Rees FRS
Michael Faraday Prize
27 January 2005, 56 minutes
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Genes, worms and the new genetics
Julie Ahringer
Francis Crick Lecture
24 November 2004, 65 minutes
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Finding the right balance: from rare gases to ribosomes
Carol Robinson FRS
Rosalind Franklin Award
15 November 2004, 61 minutes
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Magnetic brain stimulation: what can it tell us about brain function?
Professor Alan Cowey FRS
Ferrier Lecture
09 November 2004, 73 minutes
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What is quantum non-locality?
Professor Sandu Popescu
Clifford Paterson Lecture
13 October 2004, 72 minutes
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Risk: food, fact and fantasy
Professor Sir John Krebs FRS
Croonian Lecture
05 April 2004, 72 minutes
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Perception, deception and reality
Sir David Attenborough CH CVO CBE FRS
Michael Faraday Prize
28 January 2004, 68 minutes
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Vision for knowledge: Knowledge for vision
Professor Richard Gregory
Medawar Lecture
08 November 2001, 75 minutes
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Science, belief and the unbelievable
Professor Lewis Wolpert FRS
Michael Faraday Prize
30 January 2001, 57 minutes
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