Mary Somerville, mathematician and astronomer of underused talents

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Aug 1996

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Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.106, no.4, p.201-206

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Biography: Somerville, M.

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Mary Somerville (1780-1872), self-taught mathematician, expert on theoretical astronomy and successful writer, has been described as `the most remarkable woman of her generation'. The publication of her mathematical treatise The Mechanism of the Heavens in 1831, followed by the more popular Connexion of the Physical Sciences in 1834, made her an international celebrity. Her life and work is described.

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