Emilie du Chatelet : Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
by Zinsser, Judith P
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- ISBN 13
- 9780143112686
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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.
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- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5215954-20
- Title
- Emilie du Chatelet : Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
- Author
- Zinsser, Judith P
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143112686
- ISBN 13
- 9780143112686
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- This edition first published
- November 27, 2007
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