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ISBN: 9780199580279 - Science Science
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 0199580278  ISBN13: 9780199580279
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Feb 2010
A groundbreaking new history of science, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science... More

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ISBN: 9781840465730 - Sex, Botany and Empire Sex, Botany and Empire
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 1840465735  ISBN13: 9781840465730
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Nov 2004
Eighteenth century botany, starring Cook, Banks, and Linnaeus, was sexy, dangerous, and big business, and Fara reveals the existence, barely concealed under the camouflage of noble enlightenment, of the more seedy drives to conquer... More

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ISBN: 9781840464597 - An Entertainment for Angels An Entertainment for Angels
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 1840464593  ISBN13: 9781840464597
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Jun 2003

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ISBN: 9780199582662 - Erasmus Darwin Erasmus Darwin
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 0199582661  ISBN13: 9780199582662
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Sep 2012
A tour of the late eighteenth century English Enlightenment in the company of Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles, who (aside from his poetry and other scientific endeavours) was expounding theories of evolution years before the birth of his... More

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ISBN: 9780231134262 - Sex, Botany and Empire Sex, Botany and Empire
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 0231134266  ISBN13: 9780231134262
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2004
Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism - to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics... More

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ISBN: 9781840465747 - Scientists Anonymous Scientists Anonymous
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 1840465743  ISBN13: 9781840465747
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd Wizard Books
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Aug 2005
The big names are here - Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin - alongside stories of brilliant women who have been forgotten, in a fascinating blend of history, science and biography. The big names are here - Marie Curie... More

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ISBN: 9781840464887 - Sex, Botany and Empire Sex, Botany and Empire
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 1840464887  ISBN13: 9781840464887
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Sep 2003
When the imperial explorer James Cook returned from his first voyage to Australia, the scandal writers mercilessly satirised the amorous exploits of his botanist, Joseph Banks, whose trousers were reportedly stolen while he was inside the tent of... More

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ISBN: 9781844130825 - Pandora's Breeches Pandora's Breeches
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 1844130827  ISBN13: 9781844130825
Publisher: Vintage Pimlico
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Mar 2004
Taking a fresh look at history, Pandora's Breeches investigates how women contributed to scientific progress. As well as collaborating in home-based research, women corresponded with internationally renowned scholars, hired tutors, published their... More

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ISBN: 9781840466324 - Fatal Attraction Fatal Attraction
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 1840466324  ISBN13: 9781840466324
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Apr 2005
Fatal Attraction tells the stories of three men who were lured by nature's strangest power. Edmond Halley set out to map the Earth's magnetic patterns and improve navigation, showing how science could help England to expand her empire. More

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ISBN: 9780521032186 - Memory Memory
Patricia Fara, Karalyn Patterson

ISBN10: 0521032180  ISBN13: 9780521032186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Dec 2006
PY01010001 This engaging volume for the general reader explores how individuals and societies remember, forget and commemorate events of the past. The collection of eight essays takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the relationships... More