An original and highly readable exploration of the role of women in the history of science
Patricia Fara is a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, where she lectures on the History and Philosophy of Science. She is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including: Newton: The Making of Genius, An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity and Enlightenment and Sex, Botany and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks.
"Excellent... Fascinating in its details, Pandora's Breeches is
also groundbreaking in the way it reframes the history of
science"
*Guardian*
"This illustrates different ways in which women have contributed
powerfully to the growth of science...[with] fluent style and a
determined attempt to make the history of science readily
understood as a social construct"
*Times Higher Education Supplement*
"Cool in appraisal, balanced in argument and, in my book, an
essential read"
*BBC History Magazine*
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