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Scottish astronomer, mathematician, and author Mary Somerville died #OTD in 1872. She wrote a standalone exposition of the mathematics behind the workings of the Solar System, of which she said "I translated Laplace's work from algebra into common language". Somerville’s next book, The Connection of the Physical Sciences, was even more ambitious in summarizing astronomy, physics, geography, and meteorology.
Books by Mary Somerville at PG:
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