Mary Somerville
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Eminent Scottish mathematician and scientist Mechanism of the Heavens (1831), On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834), Physical Geography (1848), and On Molecular and Microscopic Science (1869). She also published the results of three of her experiments, an article on Halley's comet, and an autobiography.
was best known as the author of four popular expository texts on science: - BirthName: Mary Fairfax
- Married: Greig; Somerville