In retrospect: On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

@article{Holmes2014InRO,
  title={In retrospect: On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences},
  author={Richard Holmes},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2014},
  volume={514},
  pages={432-433}
}
Richard Holmes finds Mary Somerville's breakthrough science best-seller thrillingly fresh, 180 years on. 
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