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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Claire BrockPublisher: Icon Books Imprint: Icon Books Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 19.50cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9781840467208ISBN 10: 1840467207 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 March 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContent s Acknowledgements x INTRODUCTION Astronomical ambition 1 CHAPTER I Early life 13 CHAPTER II Escape to Bath 61 CHAPTER III From stage ornament to 109 celebrated female astronomer CHAPTER IV Distinguished at last 163 Conclusion 219 Notes 225 Bibliography 265 Index 281ReviewsAuthor InformationClaire Brock is a lecturer in the English department at the University of Leicester. She was recently awarded the British Society for the History of Science's Singer Prize for an article on the Victorian scientist and writer Mary Somerville. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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