With the lecture performance, a new format has recently emerged that bridges art and science. However, the art of presentation has a long history. For centuries, the presentation of knowledge and the production of knowledge have intertwined in the performance of lectures: When does "show and tell" become evidence? What audiences does research need? How do flashes of inspiration and media connect in the theater of knowledge? This volume offers, for the first time, an overview of influential presentation scenarios and their history, with analyses of free lectures, experimental and slide presentations, PowerPoint presentations, online lectures, and artistic lecture performances.