LAB OF ONES OWN:SCIENCE & SUFFRAGE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR PAPER: Science and Suffrage in the First World War - Softcover

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9780198794998: LAB OF ONES OWN:SCIENCE & SUFFRAGE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR PAPER: Science and Suffrage in the First World War

Synopsis

A Lab of One's Own describes the experiences of some extraordinary but sadly neglected female scientists who tasted independence, responsibility, and excitement in World War One.

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About the Author

Patricia Fara lectures in the history of science at Cambridge University, where she is a Fellow of Clare College. She is 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. In addition to many academic publications, her popular works include Newton: The Making of Genius (Columbia University Press, 2002), An Entertainment for Angels (Icon Books, 2002), Sex, Botany and Empire (Columbia University Press, 2003), and Pandora's Breeches: Women, Science and Power in the Enlightenment (Pimlico, 2004). An experienced public lecturer, Patricia Fara appears regularly in TV documentaries and radio programmes such as In our Time. She also contributes articles and reviews to many journals, including History Today, BBC History, New Scientist, Nature and the Times Literary Supplement.


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ISBN 10:  0198794983 ISBN 13:  9780198794981
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2018
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