Emilie chatelet biography
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Émilie du Châtelet
French mathematician, physicist, and author (–)
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| Born | ()17 December Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 10 September () (aged&#;42) Lunéville, Kingdom of France |
| Occupation(s) | Mathematician, philosopher, physicist, writer |
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| Spouse | Marquis Florent-Claude du Chastellet-Lomont &#; &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Partner | Voltaire (–) |
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Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (French:[emilidyʃɑtlɛ]ⓘ; 17 December – 10 September ) was a French mathematician and natural philosopher (now called a physicist) from the early s until her death due to complications durin
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History of Scientific Women
Emilie DU CHATELET
18th century
Fields:Mathematics, Physics
Born: in Paris (France)
Death: in Lunéville (France)
Main achievements: Translation of Isaac Newton's book Principia Mathematica.
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise ni Châtelet was a French mathematician, physicist, and author during the Age of Enlightenment. Her crowning achievement is considered to be her translation and commentary on Isaac Newton's work Principia Mathematica. The translation, published posthumously in , is still considered the standard French translation. Voltaire, one of her lovers, declared in a letter to his friend King Frederick II of Prussia that du Châtelet was "a great man whose only fel was being a woman".
Émilie du Châtelet was born on 17 December in Paris, the only daughter of six children. Du Châtelet also had an illegitimate half-sister, Michelle, who was born of her father
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Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, between and , oil on canvas
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet
*December 17, (Paris, France)
†September 10, (Lunéville, France)
Spouse: Marquis Florent Claude du Chastellet
Children: a daughter and two sons
Emilie Du Châtelet was a philosopher, physicist, and mathematician, and a key figure in the reception and development of Newtonian mechanics in France and beyond. In , she married the Marquis Florent-Claude ni Châtelet-Lomont (), and thereafter received an outstanding education, studying mathematics with Pierre Louis Moreau dem Maupertuis () and Alexis Claude Clairaut (). In , she retired to Cirey, where her family had given shelter to Voltaire (). At the Château de Cirey, Du Châtelet established an extensive library and a laboratory with the most up to date scientific instruments. Voltaire acknowledges her significant contributions to his Éléments de la philosophie de Newto