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Voltaire And Madame Du Chatelet

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Author : Ira Owen Wade
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941

Voltaire And Madame Du Chatelet written by Ira Owen Wade and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with categories.

Voltaire And Madame Du Ch Telet

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Author : Ira O. Wade
language : en
Publisher: New York, Octagon
Release Date : 1967

Voltaire And Madame Du Ch Telet written by Ira O. Wade and has been published by New York, Octagon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Cirey-sur-Blaise (France) categories.

Passionate Minds

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Author : David Bodanis
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2009-01-21

Passionate Minds written by David Bodanis and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-21 with History categories.

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 any serious schooling, this twenty-seven-year-old’s nimble conversation and unusual brilliance led Voltaire, then in his late thirties, to wonder, “Why did you only reach me so late?” They fell immediately and passionately in love.Through the prism of their tumultuous fifteen-year relationship we see the crumbling of an ancient social order and the birth of the Enlightenment. Together the two lovers rebuilt a dilapidated and isolated rural chateau at Cirey where they conducted scientific experiments, entertained many of the leading thinkers of the burgeoning scientific revolution, and developed radical ideas about the monarchy, the nature of free will, the subordination of women, and the separation of church and state. But their time together was filled with far more than reading and intellectual conversation. There were frantic gallopings across France, sword fights in front of besieged German fortresses, and a deadly burning of Voltaire’s books by the public executioner at the base of the grand stairwell of the Palais de Justice in Paris. The pair survived court intrigues at Versailles, narrow escapes from agents of the king, a covert mission to the idyllic lakeside retreat of Frederick the Great of Prussia, forays to the royal gambling tables (where Emilie put her mathematical acumen to lucrative use), and intense affairs that bent but did not break their bond.Along with its riveting portrait of Voltaire as a vulnerable romantic, Passionate Minds at last does justice to the supremely unconventional life and remarkable achievements of Emilie du Châtelet—including her work on the science of fire and the nature of light. Long overlooked, her story tells us much about women’s lives at the time of the Enlightenment. Equally important, it demonstrates how this graceful, quick-witted, and attractive woman worked out the concepts that would lead directly to the “squared” part of Einstein’s revolutionary equation: E=mc2.Based on a rich array of personal letters, as well as writings from houseguests, neighbors, scientists, and even police reports, Passionate Minds is both panoramic and intimate in feeling. It is an unforgettable love story and a vivid rendering of the birth of modern ideas.

Studies On Voltaire

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Author : Ira O. Wade
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967

Studies On Voltaire written by Ira O. Wade and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Authors, French categories.

Voltaire Rousseau Condorcet Mirabeau Madame Roland Madame De Stael

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Author : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840

Voltaire Rousseau Condorcet Mirabeau Madame Roland Madame De Stael written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1840 with Authors, French categories.

Madame Du Chatelet

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Author : E. Ehrman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 1986-06-27

Madame Du Chatelet written by E. Ehrman and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-06-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This book examines the life and work of the eighteenth-century scientist, philosopher and feminist, Madame du Chatelet.

Emilie Du Chatelet

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Author : Judith P. Zinsser
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-11-27

Emilie Du Chatelet written by Judith P. Zinsser and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet (1706-1749) was more than a great man's mistress. After marrying a marquis at the age of eighteen, she proceeded to fulfill the prescribed-and delightfully frivolous-role of a French noblewoman of her time. But she also challenged it, conducting a highly visible affair with a commoner, writing philosophical works, and translating Newton's Principia while pregnant by a younger lover. With the sweep of Galileo's Daughter, Emilie Du Châtelet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman.

Voltaire And Madame Du Ch Telet An Essay On The Intellectual Activity At Cirey By Ira O Wade

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Author : Ira Owen Wade
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941

Voltaire And Madame Du Ch Telet An Essay On The Intellectual Activity At Cirey By Ira O Wade written by Ira Owen Wade and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with categories.

The Romance Of Mme Du Ch Telet Voltaire

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Author : André Maurel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931

The Romance Of Mme Du Ch Telet Voltaire written by André Maurel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with categories.

Passionate Minds

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Author : David Bodanis
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2006

Passionate Minds written by David Bodanis and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Bodanis takes readers to the heart of the Enlightenment through the story of the affair between the politically daring writer Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet, one of the most gifted scientists of the 18th century.