Madame du Chatelet: Scientist, Philosopher and Feminist of the Enlightenment (Berg Womens Series) [1 ed.] 0907582850, 9780907582854

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

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Published in 1986 by Berg Publishers Ltd 24 Binswood Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 5SQ, UK

© Esther Ehrman 1986

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of Berg Publishers Ltd

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Ehrman, Esther Mme du Chatelet.—(Berg women’s series) 1. Chatelet, Emile, marquise du 2. France— Biography I. Title DC135.C4/ 944'.034'0924

ISBN 0-907582-90-7 ISBN 0-907582-85-0 Pbk

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ehrman, Esther. Mme. du Chatelet. (Berg women’s series) Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Du Chatelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749. 2. Authors, French— 18th century—Biography. 3. Scientists—France— Biography. 1. Title. II. Series. PQ1981.D55Z64 1986 848'.509 [B] 86-4231 ISBN 0-907582-90-7 ISBN 0-907582-85-0 (pbk.)

Printed in Great Britain by Oxford University Press, Oxford

Further volumes in the series General Editor: MIRIAM KOCHAN

Gertrude Bell Mme de Stael Emily Dickinson Elizabeth Gaskell

SUSAN GOODMAN RENEE WINEGARTEN DONNA DICKENSON TESSA BRODETSKY

In preparation Anna Freud Marie Stopes George Sand Clara Schumann Simone Weil Emily Carr

RENEE PATON SUSAN GOODMAN DONNA DICKENSON GLENDA ABRAMSON PAT LITTLE RUTH GOWERS

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