Einstein's Unification

ThesePersonalRecollectionscontainthememoirsandaselectionofthecorrespondenceofthenineteenth-centurypolymathMarySomerville(1780–1872).Thebookwasfirstpublishedin1873,ayearafterMary'sdeath,byherdaughterMartha,whowrotebriefintroductionstothetext.MarySomervilleisbestknownforherpioneeringscientificpublicationswhichincludehertranslationofLaplace'sMécaniqueCéleste(1831:alsoresissuedinthisseries);OntheConnectionofthePhysicalSciences(1834);PhysicalGeography(1848);andOnMolecularandMicroscopicScience(1869).Throughthesepublications,Somervillemadealastingcontributiontothedisseminationofscientificknowledge.Somerville'scorrespondencedealsprimarilywithherpubliclife,whilethememoirsofferinsightintoherprivatesphere:thediscouragementshefacedinpursuitoflearning;herpassionforwomen'seducationandsuffrage;familylife;andpersonalfaith.Herstoryiscompelling,andherexperiencesmayresonatewithmanywomentoday.