About the Author

Patricia Fara is a Fellow of Clare College at the University of Cambridge and works in the university's History and Philosophy of Science Department. An acclaimed author of adult popular science, she also wrote the first ever book on computers for children.

Reviews

'Fara is an exhaustive, encyclopaedic guide to the achievements, both celebrated and unsung, of women in science, scrupulous about setting these in their historical and cultural contexts, explanatory without being didactic and immensely readable.' Jan Mark, Guardian