{"product_id":"selected-philosophical-and-scientific-writings-9780226168074","title":"Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Châtelet (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 \u003ci\u003ePrincipia Mathematica\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, feminist historians of science began the slow work of recovering Du Châtelet's writings and her contributions to history and philosophy. For this edition, Judith P. Zinsser has selected key sections from Du Châtelet's published and unpublished works, as well as related correspondence, part of her little-known critique of the Old and New Testaments, and a treatise on happiness that is a refreshingly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 Châtelet's place in the pantheon of French letters and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emilie Du Châtelet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Voice in Early Modern Europe (Paperback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226168074","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43784582660233,"sku":"9780226168074","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2f2b9372-9458-463b-80dd-df10674bf8c4.jpg?v=1742274790","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/selected-philosophical-and-scientific-writings-9780226168074","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}