Madame de Chatelet

Madame de Chatelet was one of the leading lights of the Enlightenment in France, a friend and collaborator of Voltaire, author of books on philosophy, mathematics, and physics. Because she was a woman, she had difficulty getting her writings about mathematics and physics taken seriously. Cabinet Magazine has an excellent introductory article on her.

A significant figure for feminist theory, history of science, and French history.

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