Mary Somerville and the World of Science

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Chapman, Allan (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Science > Social aspects.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Philosophy of Science.; Societal Aspects of Physics.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XIII, 92 p. 17 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319093994
• ISSN: 2211-4564

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 brings to light the story of an exceptional woman, whose achievements in a field dominated by men deserve to be very widely known.