Patricia Fara
Biography
Patricia Fara is a Fellow of Clare College at the University of Cambridge where she teaches history of science. She is an expert on magnetism in the eighteenth century, and has also written and lectured widely on scientific portraits, the northern lights and international exploration. Her most recent book, Newton: The Making of Genius, examines how Newton came to be celebrated as a national hero and the world's first scientific genius.
Books
An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment
Electricity was the scientific fashion of the Enlightenment, 'an Entertainment for Angels, rather than for Men'. Lecturers attracted huge audiences to marvel at sparkling fountains, flaming drinks, pirouetting dancers and electrified boys. Flamboyant experimenters made chains of soldiers leap into the air, while wealthy women titillated their admirers with a sensational electric kiss. Enlightenmen…
Fatal Attraction: Magnetic Mysteries of the Enlightenment
Patricia Fara has now been twice nominated for the Aventis Science Prize.
Praise for Sex, Botany and Empire (Icon 2003):
"Delectable" Marina Warner
"An entertaining account of the appliance of science to the needs of empire." Financial Times
"Absorbing" Observer
"Enticing ... with a sharp eye for 18th-century mores, this is an engrossing exploration of the growth of the British…
Scientists Anonymous: Great Stories of Women in Science (PAPERBACK)
From the hugely acclaimed author Patricia Fara, twice nominated for the Aventis Science Award.
Why, when girls outstrip boys in exams, are there still so few women in the top levels of science? Why have women been excluded ? and is there still discrimination?
Acclaimed science writer and children's author Patricia Fara investigates science past and present to find answers. She examines how women…
Scientists Anonymous: Great Stories of Women in Science (HARDBACK)
From the hugely acclaimed author Patricia Fara, twice nominated for the Aventis Science Award.
'Fara is an exhaustive, encyclopaedic guide to the achievements, both celebrated and unsung, of women in science, scrupulous about setting these in their historical and cultural contexts, explanatory without being didactic and immensely readable.' Jan Mark, Guardian
Why, when girls outstrip boys in …
Sex, Botany and Empire
Nominated for the Aventis Science Prize
"Delectable" Marina Warner
"An entertaining account of the appliance of science to the needs of empire." Financial Times
"Absorbing...Fara makes a convincing case for Banks' historical impact." Observer
"Enticing ... with a sharp eye for 18th-century mores, this is an engrossing exploration of the growth of the British Empire." Good Book …
An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment (EBOOK:PDF)
Electricity was the scientific fashion of the Enlightenment, 'an Entertainment for Angels, rather than for Men'. Lecturers attracted huge audiences to marvel at sparkling fountains, flaming drinks, pirouetting dancers and electrified boys. Flamboyant experimenters made chains of soldiers leap into the air, while wealthy women titillated their admirers with a sensational electric kiss. Enlightenmen…
