Patricia Fara
Patricia Fara lectures in the history of science at Cambridge University, where she is a Fellow of Clare College. She was the President of the British Society for the History of Science (2016-18) and her prize-winning book, Science: A Four Thousand Year History (OUP, 2009), has been translated into nine languages. An experienced public lecturer, Patricia Fara appears regularly in TV documentaries and radio programmes. She also contributes articles and reviews to many popular magazines and journals, including History Today, BBC History, New Scientist, Nature and the Times Literary Supplement.
Recent articles by Patricia Fara
Erasmus Darwin and the great slaughterhouse of nature
Who came up with the idea for evolution: Charles Darwin, or his grandfather Erasmus?
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan | An extraordinary botanist whose problems of identity still confront female scientists today
A wealthy aristocrat, head of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps during WWI, and a university academic renowned for her study of fungi genetics, but always struggling for equality.