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A biography of the leading woman of science in Great Britain during the nineteenth century.
A biography of the leading woman of science in Great Britain during the nineteenth century.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author's preface; Prologue; Perceiving what others do not perceive: the 'peculiar illumination' of the female mind; 1. Head among the stars, feet firm upon the earth: the problem of categorizing Mary Somerville; 2. Creating a room of her own in the world of science: how Mary Fairfax became the famous Mrs Somerville; 3. Science as exact calculation and elevated meditation: Mechanism of the Heavens (1931), Preliminary Dissertation (1832), and On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834); 4. The earth, the sea, the air, and their inhabitants: Physical Geography (1848) and On Molecular and Microscopic Science (1869); 5. Personal Recollections (1973): Mary Somerville on Mary Somerville; 6. Memory and Mary Somerville: in the public eye and historical memory; Epilogue: science, voice, and vision.
Details
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
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Seiten: | 280 |
ISBN-13: | 9780521626729 |
ISBN-10: | 0521626722 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Neeley, Kathryn A. |
Redaktion: | Knight, David M. |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Kathryn A. Neeley |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,459 kg |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author's preface; Prologue; Perceiving what others do not perceive: the 'peculiar illumination' of the female mind; 1. Head among the stars, feet firm upon the earth: the problem of categorizing Mary Somerville; 2. Creating a room of her own in the world of science: how Mary Fairfax became the famous Mrs Somerville; 3. Science as exact calculation and elevated meditation: Mechanism of the Heavens (1931), Preliminary Dissertation (1832), and On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834); 4. The earth, the sea, the air, and their inhabitants: Physical Geography (1848) and On Molecular and Microscopic Science (1869); 5. Personal Recollections (1973): Mary Somerville on Mary Somerville; 6. Memory and Mary Somerville: in the public eye and historical memory; Epilogue: science, voice, and vision.
Details
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
---|---|
Seiten: | 280 |
ISBN-13: | 9780521626729 |
ISBN-10: | 0521626722 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Neeley, Kathryn A. |
Redaktion: | Knight, David M. |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Kathryn A. Neeley |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,459 kg |
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