03958nam 22007935 450 991030042580332120200704024048.03-319-09399-110.1007/978-3-319-09399-4(CKB)3710000000227149(EBL)1802568(SSID)ssj0001338776(PQKBManifestationID)11994251(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001338776(PQKBWorkID)11345305(PQKB)11149026(DE-He213)978-3-319-09399-4(MiAaPQ)EBC1802568(PPN)180625411(EXLCZ)99371000000022714920140826d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMary Somerville and the World of Science /by Allan Chapman1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (101 p.)SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,2211-4564Description based upon print version of record.1-322-13796-X 3-319-09398-3 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Mary Somerville and Her Influence -- Early Life, Career and Friends: The Social World of Georgian Science -- The Domain of Nature: Astronomy, Optics and Geology -- Mary Somerville the Writer -- A Full, Rich Life -- Conclusion: A Career in Retrospect.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.SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,2211-4564PhysicsHistoryAstronomyAstrophysicsPhilosophy and scienceScience—Social aspectsHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000History of Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22006Philosophy of Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34000Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Educationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P34000Physics.History.Astronomy.Astrophysics.Philosophy and science.Science—Social aspects.History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.History of Science.Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.Philosophy of Science.Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.500.20924Chapman Allanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut792313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300425803321Mary Somerville and the World of Science1771613UNINA