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Queen Of Science: Personal Recollections of Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville
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Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, and in common with most girls of her time and station she was given the kind of education which prizes gentility over ability. Nevertheless, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. As she was equally interested in art, literature and nature Somerville's lively memoirs give a fascinating picture of her life and times from ... Read more
Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, and in common with most girls of her time and station she was given the kind of education which prizes gentility over ability. Nevertheless, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. As she was equally interested in art, literature and nature Somerville's lively memoirs give a fascinating picture of her life and times from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841951362
SKU
V9781841951362
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Ref
99-33
About Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville was born on 26 December 1780 in a manse at Jedburgh, the home of her mother's sister. She was the fifth child of William George Fairfax, a Lieutenant in Nelson's navy (later a Vice-Admiral) and his second wife, Margaret Charters. Four of the couple's seven children survived. They were brought up in Burntisland where Mary Somerville spent her ... Read more
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