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Personal recollections from early life to old age of Mary Somerville : with selections from her correspondence

Somerville, Martha1873
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Personal recollections of the life of Mary Somerville as seen through the eyes of her daughter Martha Somerville. It also contains selections from her correspondence. Mary Somerville was a Scottish science writer and polymath. Born in 1780, she studied mathematics and astronomy and was a major influence in scientific circles in the 19th century.
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