Summary Of Patricia Fara's Book 'An Entertainment For Angels'
Ingi Mansour
Book Report
21/9/2013
Patricia Fara’s book “An Entertainment for Angels” is an insightful read about the discovery of electricity and how it helped mold people’s ideas during the enlightenment period. Fara’s point of view on the progress of science is very evident throughout the book. Her main argument is that science wasn’t an easy mission. In fact, scientists usually struggled with the ‘hostility’ and ‘curiosity’ of the people at the time when presenting newly formed ideas (Fara 10). In addition, Fara goes against the simplified and rather smoothly written history concerning scientific discoveries explaining that usually only a few scientists were given the credit for what many other scientists also contributed to. She
Book Report
21/9/2013
Patricia Fara’s book “An Entertainment for Angels” is an insightful read about the discovery of electricity and how it helped mold people’s ideas during the enlightenment period. Fara’s point of view on the progress of science is very evident throughout the book. Her main argument is that science wasn’t an easy mission. In fact, scientists usually struggled with the ‘hostility’ and ‘curiosity’ of the people at the time when presenting newly formed ideas (Fara 10). In addition, Fara goes against the simplified and rather smoothly written history concerning scientific discoveries explaining that usually only a few scientists were given the credit for what many other scientists also contributed to. She