UK: Canongate, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 1.3 x 4.9 x 7.5 inches. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, and in common with most girls of her time and station she was given the kind of education which prizes gentility over ability. Nevertheless, she taught herself algebra in secret,… Read more about this item

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Queen of Science

by Mary Somerville

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Queen of Science

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Queen Of Science: Personal Recollections of Mary Somerville

by Mary Somerville

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Paperback / softback. New. 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.