Britain's Prince William, left, and his wife Kate the Duchess of Cambridge are greeted as they arrive, in front of a model zebra, to attend the Tusk Conservation Awards at the Royal Society in London, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. The annual awards aim to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievement in the field of African conservation. The United Kingdom's national science academy or the Royal Society meets for the first time. The rise of modern science, announced by the foundation of the Royal Society of London… [and] its increasing authority… was another reflection of the waning influence of religious faith in society and the already unquestionable dominance of secular national concerns. It was the importance of science for the English national identity and the function it performed for the cultural image of England that created the state of public opinion favorable to its cultivation, encouraging to those who had the abilities to devote to it, and causing many Englishmen who knew very little about the substance of scientific knowledge to stand in reverence before expressions of scientific creativity.