Video: Jane Marcet - Conversations on Chemistry

[Paul Ferguson]

"Dr Peter Wothers gave a fascinating talk on pioneering science writer Jane Marcet at our annual alumni lecture on 11 February. Marcet’s most well-known work is Conversations on Chemistry, Intended More Especially for the Female Sex which was first published anonymously in 1805. Peter led viewers through some highlights of this early science textbook, including Marcet’s correspondence with Michael Faraday, who thought very highly of her scientific abilities. Peter showed how the book needed to be updated in a series of later editions, as more elements were discovered or renamed."

https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/conversati...ni-lecture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Marcet