Mary Somerville: Science, Illumination, and the Female Mind by Kathryn A. Neeley

Cambridge Science Biographies

Mary Somerville: Science, Illumination, and the Female Mind

Kathryn A. Neeley

280 pages paperback

2 editions

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In an era when science was perceived as a male domain, Mary Somerville (1780-1872) became both the leading woman scientist of her day and an integral part of the British scientific community. Her scientific writings contributed to one of the most ...

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