The ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th century society

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-49193-6MaRDI QIDQ345666zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Elisabetta Strickland

Publication date 2 December 2016

Published in Springer Biographies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49193-6

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80)

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