Patricia Fara

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atricia Fara is a historian of science at the University of Cambridge. She is a graduate of the University of Oxford and did her PhD at the University of London. She is a former Fellow of Darwin College and is currently a Fellow of Clare College where she is Senior Tutor and Tutor for graduate students. Fara is also a research associate and lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fara is author of numerous popular books on the history of science and has been a guest on BBC Radio 4's science and history discussion series, In Our Time. She began her academic career as a physicist but returned to graduate studies as a mature student to specialise in History and Philosophy of Science, completing her PhD thesis at Imperial College, London in 1993. Her areas of particular academic interest include the role of portraiture and art in the history of science, science in the 18th century England during the Enlightenment and the role of women in science. She has written and co-authored a number of books for children on science. Fara is also a reviewer of books on history of science.(Source: Goodreads)

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A lab of one's own
Representative edition published 2018
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Erasmus Darwin Sex Science And Serendipity
Representative edition published 2012
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Bilim
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Pandora's breeches
Representative edition published 2011
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4000 Jahre Wissenschaft (German Edition)
Representative edition published 2010
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Science
Representative edition published 2009
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Scientists Anonymous
Representative edition published 2007
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Memory
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Fatal attraction
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Sex, Botany and Empire
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An Entertainment for Angels
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Newton
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An entertainment for angels
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Usborne Book of Famous Lives
Representative edition published 1998
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Memory
Representative edition published 1998
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The Usborne Book of Scientists (From Archimedes to Einstein)
Representative edition published 1996
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The changing world
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Inventors from Da Vinci to Biro
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Sympathetic attractions
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The Usborne book of discovery
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Life after Gravity
Representative edition published 2021
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Erasmus Darwin
Representative edition published 2020
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Isaac Newton at Woolsthorpe Manor Lincolnshire
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Wissen Schaffen
Representative edition published 2018
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