Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Ch???telet (1706-49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings during her lifetime, as well as a translation of Newton's Principia Mathematica that is still the standard edition of that work in French. Had she been a man, her reputation as a member of the eighteenth-century French intellectual elite would have been assured. In the 1970s, feminist historians of science began the slow ...
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Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Ch???telet (1706-49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings during her lifetime, as well as a translation of Newton's Principia Mathematica that is still the standard edition of that work in French. Had she been a man, her reputation as a member of the eighteenth-century French intellectual elite would have been assured. In the 1970s, feminist historians of science began the slow work of recovering Du Ch???telet's writings and her contributions to history and philosophy. For this edition, Judith P. Zinsser has selected key sections from Du Ch???telet's published and unpublished works, as well as related correspondence, part of her little-known critique of the Old and New Testaments, and a treatise on happiness that is a refreshingly uncensored piece of autobiography--making all of them available for the first time in English. The resulting volume will recover Ch???telet's place in the pantheon of French letters and culture.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Translated by Isabelle Bour and Judith P. Zinsser. Cover may not be as pictured here. Black cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine, spine ends slightly bumped, cover shows slight rubbing. Binding tight, pages very clean, from Albert Rabil, Jr. 's personal library with an indication to that effect on inside front cover, no markings in the text. 424 pages. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.
