Mary Somerville: Science, Illumination and the Female Mind.(Brief Article) From: Contemporary Review | Date: April 1, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mary Somerville: Science, Illumination and the Female Mind. Kathryn A. Neeley. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]40.00 (US$64.95). 263 pages. ISBN 0-521-62299-9. This new biography of the nineteenth century's leading female scientist notes that Mary Somerville 'rose to eminence by teaching people to use science and a variety of existing aesthetic traditions to see and respond to the natural world in a new way'. Mary Somerville used language 'to push the frontiers of imag...

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