Queen Of Science

Personal Recollections Of Mary Somerville

by Mary Somerville
language: english
Publisher: Canongate Books, September of 2001 ‧
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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.

Queen Of Science

Personal Recollections Of Mary Somerville

by Mary Somerville

Property Description
ISBN: 9781841951362
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date: September of 2001
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 480
Format: Book
Collection: Canongate Classics S.
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Biographies
EAN: 9781841951362