As a teenager in Scotland in the 1790s, Mary Somerville taught herself maths. Naomi Alderman tells the story of how in the 1830s she became the pioneer of popular science writing. Show more
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As a teenager in Scotland in the 1790s, Mary Somerville taught herself maths. Naomi Alderman tells the story of how in the 1830s she became the pioneer of popular science writing. Show more
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