Patricia Fara
Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge
I’m an Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. I've got a degree in physics, but my real passion is the history of science, and I love writing books because I want to show everybody that the history of science is the history of absolutely everything.
EXPs by Patricia Fara
The only thing that most people know about Isaac Newton is that supposedly he watched an apple fall from a tree and conceived the theory of gravity.
There's a famous saying by Francis Bacon that knowledge is power. As president of the Royal Society, Joseph Banks persuaded the British government to invest in science.
There aren’t many women in the history of science. I think it's crucial to explore the past and examine how those prejudices and obstacles that women faced in the past are still affecting women today.