Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2021-02-24
Books mentioned on Patricia Fara on Newton, Scientific Progress, and the Benefits of Unhistoric Acts
Patricia Fara is a historian of science at Cambridge University and well-known for her writings on women in science.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S.
Discussed“I think an enormous number of holes have been picked in Thomas Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and I think Thomas Kuhn himself would agree with many of those.”
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Zoonomia
Discussed“When Charles Darwin was a medical student in Edinburgh, he had to read Erasmus Darwin's medical textbook, which was called Zoonomia.”
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely regarded as a supreme social novel examining provincial English life, human relationships, and moral growth.
Discussed“For example, when I first finished reading George Eliot's Middlemarch in my early 20s, I resolved to live by her concluding insight that even unhistoric acts, small ones that seemed within my grasp, could have cumulative beneficial effects.”
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Life after Gravity
Life After Gravity by Patricia Fara is a historical examination of Isaac Newton and his enduring legacy.
Recommended“And last question, your book about Isaac Newton, and again, the title is Life After Gravity.”
