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Cambridge University Press Mary Somerville: Science, Illumination, and the Female Mind (Cambridge Science Biographies)

Name: Mary Somerville: Science, Illumination, and the Female Mind (Cambridge Science Biographies)
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In an era when science was perceived as a male domain, Mary Somerville (1780–1872) became both the leading woman scientist of her day and an integral part of the British scientific community. She achieved this status through careful management of her gender identity and by creating rich, readable, and authoritative accounts of science that were rhetorically compelling, aesthetically satisfying, and valuable to the scientific community in the UK and abroad. This biography offers detailed analysis of the underlying patterns, themes, and rhetorical strategies of her major works and argues that Somerville employed a transcendent feminine style that retained the advantages but transcended the limitations usually associated with women's ways of knowing. The book advocates a new narrative for women's participation in science and demonstrates the many ways that gender relates to science and science functions in culture.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0521622999
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > 1701-1900
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 05 November 2001
Listed Since: 22 January 2007

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