Mary Somerville’s vision of science
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The Scottish mathematician and writer shaped the way we think about science and carved a place for herself in the intellectual world of the 19th century as discussed by the authors, and her work can be traced back to the early 1800s.Abstract:
The Scottish mathematician and writer shaped the way we think about science and carved a place for herself in the intellectual world of the 19th century.read more
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Making "Nature". The History of a Scientific Journal
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the making of the fittest: the origin of species the the impact of using accounting information systems on the second grade nature of science.
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On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences
TL;DR: The novelty of her work gave her a latitude of choice that future authors rarely enjoyed, and today a sentence from her work is cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, under the second meaning of the word ‘physics’, as an example of 1834 usage.
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Visions of Science : Books and Readers at the Dawn of the Victorian Age
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Mary Somerville and the cultivation of science, 1815–1840
TL;DR: Elizabeth Patterson's biography of Mary Somerville adds a great deal of information to the autobiography of Mrs Somerville, especially revealing about her apprenticeship qua natural philosopher and mathematician, and about salon life in London and Paris.
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Physics … is for girls?
TL;DR: Contrary to modern stereotypes, the laws of the natural world used to be considered a fundamental part of young women's education as discussed by the authors , and they were considered to be essential for their education.
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Scientist: The story of a word
TL;DR: The history of a word is never solely a matter of etymology: the need for a new word is socially determined, right at the start, and any subsequent changes of denotation, as well as the cluster of connotations surrounding it, are also in response to demands from society as discussed by the authors.
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Making "Nature": The History of a Scientific Journal
TL;DR: Baldwin et al. as mentioned in this paper chronicle the foundation and development of Nature, one of the world's most influential scientific institutions, from its foundation in 1869 to the current debates about online publishing and open access.
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Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815–1840
TL;DR: Somerville and Brougham as mentioned in this paper described the first trip to Italy and the second trip to France, and the third trip to the United States of America, 1837-39.
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The public worth of Mary Somerville
TL;DR: The authors assesses the reputation of Mary Somerville in the 1830s and suggests that critical confusion over her status in the changing world of early nineteenth-century science is not new, drawing on Somerville's own writings, contemporary newspaper and periodical reviews, political debates and unpublished manuscripts.
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Making "Nature". The History of a Scientific Journal
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the making of the fittest: the origin of species the the impact of using accounting information systems on the second grade nature of science.