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Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet ( Parijs, 17 december 1706 – Lunéville, 10 september 1749) was een vooraanstaand Frans wiskundige, natuurkundige en schrijfster die mede het gedachtegoed vormgaf dat leidde tot de periode van de Verlichting. Ze vertaalde Principia Mathematica van Isaac Newton in het Frans en ...
10 de sept. de 2011 · He was a military man who was made governor of Semur-en-Auxois in Burgundy. After the marriage du Châtelet spent time in Semur-en-Auxois but she also lived in Paris and a number of other places. Her husband spent most of his time on garrison duties which meant that he spent long periods away from his wife.
In her Discourse on Happiness, Émilie du Châtelet argues susceptibility to illusion is one of the five ‘great machines of happiness,’ and that ‘we owe most of our pleasures to illusions’ ( 2009: 349). However, many who read the Discourse find this aspect of her view puzzling and in tension with her claims that we must always seek ...
22 de jul. de 2016 · It’s true that Émilie Du Châtelet was married to someone else during her 15-year long relationship with Voltaire, but her husband is said not to have minded. She and Voltaire collaborated on his book about the elements of Newton’s philosophy, which was radical stuff for a France still enamored with Rene Descartes, but she also published her work and was highly regarded for it.
10 de feb. de 2023 · En las décadas de 1730 y 40, Émilie y Voltaire ayudaron a articular y popularizar el extraordinario logro de Newton: un cambio de paradigma en nuestra comprensión del Universo”, destaca Robin Arianrhod en su texto Émilie du Châtelet: the woman science forgot, publicado en la revista Cosmos.
17 de dic. de 2014 · Emilie du Châtelet. La matemática y física Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) nació un 17 de diciembre. Tradujo los Principia de Newton al francés – propagando sus ideas desde Inglaterra a la Europa continental – y divulgó los conceptos del cálculo diferencial e integral en su libro Las instituciones de la física (1740).
25 de feb. de 2021 · Du Châtelet died in Lorraine on September 10, 1749, a few days after she had given birth to her fourth child. Educated in an open-minded environment, Du Châtelet was educated with her brothers. Well acquainted with Horace, Virgil, Lucretius, Cicero, Plato, and Aristotle, she excelled in a whole range of subjects.
