Mary Somerville and the world of science / Allan Chapman.
2014
Q143.S7
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Title
Mary Somerville and the world of science / Allan Chapman.
ISBN
9783319093994 (electronic book)
3319093991 (electronic book)
9783319093987
3319093991 (electronic book)
9783319093987
Published
Cham : Springer, [2014]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 157 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-09399-4 doi
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Q143.S7
Dewey Decimal Classification
500.2092
Summary
Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through association with a scientific brother or father. She was active in astronomy, one of the most demanding areas of science of the day, and flourished in the unique British tradition of Grand Amateurs, who paid their own way and were not affiliated with any academic institution. Mary Somerville was to science what Jane Austen was to literature and Frances Trollope to travel writing. Allan Chapman's vivid account.
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"This book is a reprint of a title originally published by Canopus Publishing Ltd., 2004."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed Sep. 5, 2014).
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SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology.
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Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Mary Somerville and Her Influence; Reference; 2 Early Life, Career and Friends: The Social World of Georgian Science; References; 3 The Domain of Nature: Astronomy, Optics and Geology; References; 4 Mary Somerville: The Writer; Reference; 5 A Full, Rich Life; References; 6 Conclusion: A Career in Retrospect; Reference; Index.