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Emilie du Châtelet: the genius without a beard

Jun 10, 2004

Encouraged by Voltaire, the 18th-century aristocrat Emilie du Châtelet led a covert scientific career that culminated in the first French translation of Newton's Principia. However, as Patricia Fara reveals, Du Châtelet has been unfairly cast as just Voltaire's mistress

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