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Mme DU CHATELET Scientist, Philosopher and Feminist of the Enlightenment
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Published in 1986 by Berg Publishers Ltd 24 Binswood Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 5SQ, UK
© Esther Ehrman 1986
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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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