Emilie du Chatelet, French Mathematician and Philosopher
Engraving of Gabrielle Emilie de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatelet, by Etienne Fessard and Jean-Marc Nattier. Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749) was a French natural philosopher and mathematician known for her translation of and commentary on Isaac Newton's 1687 book on the laws of physics, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Her commentary includes a contribution to Newtonian mechanics
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