03396nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-319-09399-4 DE-He213 20210618023546.0 cr nn 008mamaa 140826s2015 gw | s |||| 0|eng d 9783319093994 978-3-319-09399-4 10.1007/978-3-319-09399-4 doi QC6.9 QC5.53 PDX bicssc SCI055000 bisacsh PDX thema 530.01 23 Chapman, Allan. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Mary Somerville and the World of Science [electronic resource] / by Allan Chapman. 1st ed. 2015. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015. XIII, 92 p. 17 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology, 2211-4564 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. Physics. History. Astronomy. Astrophysics. Philosophy and science. Science—Social aspects. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 History of Science. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22006 Philosophy of Science. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34000 Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P34000 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783319093987 Printed edition: 9783319094007 SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology, 2211-4564 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09399-4 ZDB-2-PHA ZDB-2-SXP Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651) Physics and Astronomy (R0) (SpringerNature-43715)