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373 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307237200
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Publication date: Not specified
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It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Châtelet, a beguiling—and married—aristocrat who would one day popularize Newton’s arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein’s theories. In an era when women were rarely permitted a...
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373 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307237200
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Publication date: Not specified
Description
It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Châtelet, a beguiling—and married—aristocrat who would one day popularize Newton’s arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein’s theories. In an era when women were rarely permitted a...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings