Mary Somerville Quote

A complete acquaintance with Physical Astronomy can only be attained by those who are well versed in the higher branches of mathematical and mechanical science: such alone can appreciate the extreme beauty of the results, and of the means by which these results are obtained.


Mechanism of the Heavens - Preliminary Dissertation (p. 2), John Murray. 1831


A complete acquaintance with Physical Astronomy can only be attained by those who are well versed in the higher branches of mathematical and...

A complete acquaintance with Physical Astronomy can only be attained by those who are well versed in the higher branches of mathematical and...

A complete acquaintance with Physical Astronomy can only be attained by those who are well versed in the higher branches of mathematical and...

A complete acquaintance with Physical Astronomy can only be attained by those who are well versed in the higher branches of mathematical and...