Scientists Anonymous: Great Stories of Women in Science (PAPERBACK)
UK £6.99,Canada $14.00,
UK Publication August 2005
ISBN 9781840465747
Paperback
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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 have struggled against unequal opportunities, and shows how they succeeded despite the obstacles stacked against them. All the renowned names are here ? Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin ? but Scientists Anonymous also reveals the stories of many dedicated, brilliant women who have been forgotten. Combining history, science and biography, Fara presents female explorers, mathematicians, astronomers and chemists from all over the world ? including some who disguised themselves as men.
And what about the future? Fara suggests that understanding women's achievements in the past will help today's schoolgirls to become tomorrow's celebrated scientists.
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‘Combining history, science and biography, Fara presents female explorers, mathematicians, astronomers and chemists from all over the world. Unusually, the book does exactly what it says on the cover. 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, in the hope that these stories may help "today's schoolgirls become tomorrow's celebrated scientists". Making her excellent book widely available to them would be a step in the right direction.’ Guardian; ‘Patricia Fara argues persuasively that knowing about the past is key to encouraging today's girls to become tomorrow's top scientists … There are fascinating stories of the extraordinary lengths to which some women went to further their scientific knowledge.’ Guardian Education Book of the Week; ‘Recommended.’ Books for Keeps; ‘Unique and interesting’ Current Science
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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.
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