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A BSL interpreted concert of music by women composers spanning 3 centuries with fascinating links to astronomer Mary Somerville (1780-1872)
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Mary Somerville: the life of the Scottish scientist
November 30, 2020 at 11:16 am
Mary Somerville was a celebrated lady of science of her day. Her name lives on in the Oxford College named after her, there’s a crater on the Moon that bears her name and in 2017 her face featured on the Scottish £10 note. But who was Mary Somerville, and why is she so celebrated?
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Like many women within the history of science, her story is complicated. While their male peers were allowed to join and be educated within prestigious institutions, publish original work under their own name and be declared discoverer, inventor and theorist, women did not have those options.