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Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age: With Selections from her Correspondence: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences

Autor Mary Somerville Editat de Martha Somerville
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mai 2010
These Personal Recollections contain the memoirs and a selection of the correspondence of the nineteenth-century polymath Mary Somerville (1780–1872). The book was first published in 1873, a year after Mary's death, by her daughter Martha, who wrote brief introductions to the text. Mary Somerville is best known for her pioneering scientific publications which include her translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste (1831: also resissued in this series); On the Connection of the Physical Sciences (1834); Physical Geography (1848); and On Molecular and Microscopic Science (1869). Through these publications, Somerville made a lasting contribution to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Somerville's correspondence deals primarily with her public life, while the memoirs offer insight into her private sphere: the discouragement she faced in pursuit of learning; her passion for women's education and suffrage; family life; and personal faith. Her story is compelling, and her experiences may resonate with many women today.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108013659
ISBN-10: 1108013651
Pagini: 392
Ilustrații: 1 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction; 2. Freedom; 3. Edinburgh; 4. Edinburgh supper parties; 5. First marriage; 6. Somerville family; 7. Life in Hanover Square; 8. Education of daughters; 9. Society in London; 10. Death of Margaret Somerville; 11. Letter from Lord Brougham; 12. Paris; 13. Return to England; 14. Rome, Napes, and Como; 15. Albano; 16. Publishes 'Physical Geography'; 17. Spezia; 18. Eclipse.

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The compelling story of a woman whose scientific achievements were remarkable, especially given the constraints of her time.