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Author

Arianrhod, Robyn.

Title Seduced by logic : Emilie du Chātelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian revolution / Robyn Arianrhod.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	510.922 Ar41s 2012	---	Available

Description	338 pages ; 25 cm
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This story of two remarkable women, Emilie du Chatelet and Mary Somerville, whose lives were drawn together by their irresistible desire for mathematical knowledge, reveals the intimate links between the Newtonian revolution and the origins of intellectual and political liberty.
Subject	Du Chātelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
	Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872.
	Women scientists -- France -- Biography.
	Women scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Scientists -- France -- Biography.
	Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Women -- France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
	Women -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
ISBN	9780199931613
	0199931615