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Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire,
Emilie Du Chatelet (1706-49) was an accomplished writer in her own
right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings
during her lifetime, as well as a translation of Newton's
"Principia Mathematica" that is still the standard edition of that
work in French. Had she been a man, her reputation as a member of
the eighteenth-century French intellectual elite would have been
assured.
In the 1970s, feminist historians of science began the slow work
of recovering Du Chatelet's writings and her contributions to
history and philosophy. For this edition, Judith P. Zinsser has
selected key sections from Du Chatelet's published and unpublished
works, as well as related correspondence, part of her little-known
critique of the Old and New Testaments, and a treatise on happiness
that is a refreshingly uncensored piece of autobiography--making
all of them available for the first time in English. The resulting
volume will recover Chatelet's place in the pantheon of French
letters and culture.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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