Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the EnlightenmentPenguin, 27 nov 2007 - 384 páginas The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet (1706-1749) was more than a great man's mistress. After marrying a marquis at the age of eighteen, she proceeded to fulfill the prescribed-and delightfully frivolous-role of a French noblewoman of her time. But she also challenged it, conducting a highly visible affair with a commoner, writing philosophical works, and translating Newton's Principia while pregnant by a younger lover. With the sweep of Galileo's Daughter, Emilie Du Châtelet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman. |
Índice
| 1 | |
| 13 | |
The Prodigy | 62 |
Châtelaine of Cirey | 105 |
Géomètre and Physicien | 152 |
Uranie and Breteuil | 199 |
2006 | 286 |
Acknowledgments | 293 |
| 352 | |
| 366 | |
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Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment Judith P. Zinsser No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2007 |
Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment Judith P. Zinsser No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2007 |
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