A bit more history of the candle
Fran Scott delves into her favourite fire-based demonstrations revealing some of its glorious secrets at Ada Lovelace Day Live Online 2022.
In her work as a pyrotechnician, Fran has learnt to somewhat read fire (and it her!). In this talk she’ll delve into her favourite fire-based demonstrations which help reveal some of its glorious secrets. She’ll also draw from Michael Faraday’s lecture series, “The Chemical History of a Candle”, which he presented as part of the Royal Institution’s Christmas lectures for young people.
About Fran Scott
Fran Scott is an accomplished engineering presenter, maker and pyrotechnician who specialises in the use of physical demonstrations to explain seemingly complex scientific phenomena. She has been listed in The Progress 1000 London’s most influential people and is the only person to have presented on three different BAFTA-nominated engineering television programmes.
Fran’s love of industrial engineering has taken centre stage with her programmes including Abandoned Engineering (Yesterday Channel/ Discovery), Massive Engineering Mistakes (Discovery) and The Department of Complaints (More4). She has also worked on CBBC’s Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom, Newsround, BBC Bitesize, Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab, Bang Goes the Theory and Horizon, either as a presenter or designing demonstrations. She was also the Engineering judge on Channel 4’s UK Lego Masters. In 2020, her podcast series, The Robot Podcast, looked at the innovative robotic-based solutions used within industry and hit the top 40 charts in 30 countries.
Fran has also worked on stage shows for the Big Bang Engineering Faire, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures (on which she also led the demonstration team), and toured the UK with Google for Education. She runs her own events production company, Great Scott! Productions, which works with engineering and infrastructure firms to produce high-quality classroom resources and workshops to inspire the next generation of engineers and develop the talents of under-represented presenters.