{"product_id":"physical-geography-paperback-9781108005210","title":"Physical Geography (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108005210","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhysical Geography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA synthesis of the natural sciences from 1848, presenting an overview of current understanding of the natural world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Somerville (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108005210, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 1.7 x 14 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMary Somerville (1780–1872) would have been a remarkable woman in any age, but as an acknowledged leading mathematician and astronomer at a time when the education of most women was extremely restricted, her achievement was extraordinary. Laplace famously told her that 'There have been only three women who have understood me. These are yourself, Mrs Somerville, Caroline Herschel and a Mrs Greig of whom I know nothing.' Mary Somerville was in fact Mrs Greig. After (as she herself said) translating Laplace's work 'from algebra into common language', she wrote On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834), also reissued in this series. Her next book, the two-volume Physical Geography (1848), was a synthesis of geography, geology, botany, astronomy and zoology, drawing on the most recent discoveries in all these fields to present an overview of current understanding of the natural world and the Earth's place in the universe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e18. River systems of North America\u003cbr\u003e 19. Lakes\u003cbr\u003e 20. The atmosphere\u003cbr\u003e 21. Vegetation\u003cbr\u003e 22. Vegetation of the Great Continent\u003cbr\u003e 23. Flora of Tropical Asia\u003cbr\u003e 24. African flora\u003cbr\u003e 25. American vegetation\u003cbr\u003e 26. Distribution of insects\u003cbr\u003e 27. Distribution of fishes and of the marine mammalia, phocae, dolphins and whales\u003cbr\u003e 28. Distribution of reptiles\u003cbr\u003e 29. Distribution of birds in the Arctic Regions\u003cbr\u003e 30. Distribution of mammalia throughout the Earth\u003cbr\u003e 31. The distribution, condition and future prospects of the human race.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978343506200,"sku":"9781108005210","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108005210i.jpg?v=1694867264","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/physical-geography-paperback-9781108005210","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}