02774nam 22005652 450 991078007470332120160418124252.00-511-15652-90-511-61332-60-511-01965-3(CKB)111056485648262(SSID)ssj0000198468(PQKBManifestationID)11188022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198468(PQKBWorkID)10183609(PQKB)10388468(UkCbUP)CR9780511613326(MiAaPQ)EBC3004519(Au-PeEL)EBL3004519(CaPaEBR)ebr10005053(OCoLC)923616444(PPN)26134773X(EXLCZ)9911105648564826220141103d2001|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMary Somerville science, illumination, and the female mind /Kathryn A. Neeley[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2001.1 online resource (xvi, 263 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge science biographiesTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-62672-2 0-521-62299-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.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. She achieved this status through careful management of her gender identity and by creating rich, readable, and authoritative accounts of science that were rhetorically compelling, aesthetically satisfying, and valuable to the scientific community in the UK and abroad. This biography offers detailed analysis of the underlying patterns, themes, and rhetorical strategies of her major works and argues that Somerville employed a transcendent feminine style that retained the advantages but transcended the limitations usually associated with women's ways of knowing. The book advocates a new narrative for women's participation in science and demonstrates the many ways that gender relates to science and science functions in culture.Cambridge science biographies.Women scientistsGreat BritainBiographyWomen scientists500.2/092Neeley Kathryn A(Kathryn Angelyn),1954-1518013Somerville Mary1780-1872.270654UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910780074703321Mary Somerville3755341UNINA