Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Judith P. ZinsserAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2007-12-01Pages:400
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143112686ISBN-10:143112686UPC:9780143112686Book Category:Literary Criticism, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:European, HistoricalBook Topic:FrenchSize:8.40 x 6.04 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCJV1TTVAK
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 Ch telet (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 Ch telet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143112686ISBN-10:143112686UPC:9780143112686Book Category:Literary Criticism, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:European, HistoricalBook Topic:FrenchSize:8.40 x 6.04 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCJV1TTVAK
Judith P. Zinsser is co-author of the landmark two-volume history of European women, A History of Their Own, and teaches at Miami University in Ohio. A recognized expert on the Marquise Du Châtelet, she was featured in October on the PBS Nova special Einstein's Big Idea.
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