Arianrhod, Robyn
Seduced by Logic : Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian Revolution Robyn Arianrhod - New York Oxford University Press 2012 - 338 Pages 24x16 cm HB
Include Index, Bibliography and Acknowledgement
This story of two remarkable women, Emilie du Chatelet and Mary Somerville, whose lives were drawn together by their irresistible desire for mathematical knowledge, reveals the intimate links between the Newtonian revolution and the origins of intellectual and political liberty.
9780199931613
Scientists
Great Britain
Women--Intellectual life
510.922
Seduced by Logic : Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian Revolution Robyn Arianrhod - New York Oxford University Press 2012 - 338 Pages 24x16 cm HB
Include Index, Bibliography and Acknowledgement
This story of two remarkable women, Emilie du Chatelet and Mary Somerville, whose lives were drawn together by their irresistible desire for mathematical knowledge, reveals the intimate links between the Newtonian revolution and the origins of intellectual and political liberty.
9780199931613
Scientists
Great Britain
Women--Intellectual life
510.922