Seduced by logic, Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian revolution, Robyn Arianrhod
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Seduced by logic, Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian revolution, Robyn Arianrhod
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-327) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Seduced by logic
Oclc number
781848438
Responsibility statement
Robyn Arianrhod
Sub title
Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian revolution
Summary
This story of two remarkable women, Emilie du Chatelet and Mary Somerville, whose lives were drawn together by their irresistible desire for mathematical knowledge, reveals the intimate links between the Newtonian revolution and the origins of intellectual and political liberty
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- Women + Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872
- Scientists -- France -- Biography
- Women + France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749
- Women scientists -- France -- Biography
- Women scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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- Women + Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872
- Scientists -- France -- Biography
- Women + France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749
- Women scientists -- France -- Biography
- Women scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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