Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1848
Title | Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1848 PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth C. Patterson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 1983-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789024724338 |
Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840
Title | Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840 PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Chambers Patterson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9789024724338 |
Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815–1840
Title | Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815–1840 PDF eBook |
Author | E.C. Patterson |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9400968396 |
Among the myriad of changes that took place in Great Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century, many of particular significance to the historian of science and to the social historian are discernible in that small segment of British society drawn together by a shared interest in natural phenomena and with sufficient leisure or opportunity to investigate and ponder them. This group, which never numbered more than a mere handful in comparison to the whole population, may rightly be characterized as 'scientific'. They and their successors came to occupy an increasingly important place in the intellectual, educational, and developing economic life of the nation. Well before the arrival of mid-century, natural philosophers and inventors were generally hailed as a source of national pride and of national prestige. Scientific society is a feature of nineteenth-century British life, the best being found in London, in the universities, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in a few scattered provincial centres.
Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science
Title | Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Chambers Patterson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 744 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
The Ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th Century Society
Title | The Ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th Century Society PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabetta Strickland |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2016-11-24 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 3319491938 |
This biography traces the life and work of Mary Fairfax Somerville, whose extraordinary mathematical talent only came to light through fortuitous circumstances. Barely taught to read and write as a child, all the science she learned and mastered was self taught. In this delightful narrative the author takes up the challenge of discovering how Somerville came to be one of the most outstanding British women scientists and, furthermore, a popular writer. Particular attention is paid to the gender aspects of Somerville's success in what was, to put it mildly, a predominantly male domain.
Mechanism of the Heavens
Title | Mechanism of the Heavens PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Somerville |
Publisher | |
Pages | 710 |
Release | 1831 |
Genre | Astronomy |
ISBN |
Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815–1840
Title | Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815–1840 PDF eBook |
Author | E.C. Patterson |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1983-04-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9789024728237 |
Among the myriad of changes that took place in Great Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century, many of particular significance to the historian of science and to the social historian are discernible in that small segment of British society drawn together by a shared interest in natural phenomena and with sufficient leisure or opportunity to investigate and ponder them. This group, which never numbered more than a mere handful in comparison to the whole population, may rightly be characterized as 'scientific'. They and their successors came to occupy an increasingly important place in the intellectual, educational, and developing economic life of the nation. Well before the arrival of mid-century, natural philosophers and inventors were generally hailed as a source of national pride and of national prestige. Scientific society is a feature of nineteenth-century British life, the best being found in London, in the universities, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in a few scattered provincial centres.