04136nam 2200661 450 991046494580332120200520144314.00-19-993162-3(CKB)3710000000072878(StDuBDS)AH24219760(SSID)ssj0001039033(PQKBManifestationID)12489919(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001039033(PQKBWorkID)11057799(PQKB)11413774(MiAaPQ)EBC1019504(Au-PeEL)EBL1019504(CaPaEBR)ebr10816686(CaONFJC)MIL550699(OCoLC)865508600(EXLCZ)99371000000007287820131219d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSeduced by logic Émilie Du Châtelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution /Robyn ArianrhodNew York :Oxford University Press,2012.©20121 online resource (338 p.) "First published in Australia in 2011"--T.p. verso.0-19-993161-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.This is the fascinating story of two women who lives were guided by a passion for mathematics and an insatiable curiosity to know and understand the world around them - the beautiful, outrageous Emilie du Chatelet and the charmingly subversive Mary Somerville. Against great odds, Emilie and Mary taught themselves mathematics, and did it so well that they each became a world authority on Newtonian mathematical physics.Seduced by Logic begins with Emilie du Chatelet, an 18th-century French aristocrat, intellectual, and Voltaire's lover, whose true ambition was to be a mathematician. She strove not only to further Newton's ideas in France, but to prove that they had French connections, including to the work of Descartes, whom Newton had read. She translated the great Principia Mathematica into French, in what became the accepted French version of Newton's work, and was instrumentalin bringing Newton's revolutionary opus to a Continental audience. A century later, in Scotland, Mary Somerville taught herself mathematics and rose from genteel poverty to become a figure of authority on Newtonian physics. Living in France, she became acquainted with the work of one of Newton's proteges, Pierre Simon Laplace, and translated his six-volume Celestial Mechanics into English. It remained the standard astronomy text for the next century, and was considered the most influential work since Principia. Connected by their love for mathematics, Emilie and Mary bring to life a period of remarkable political and scientific change. Combining biography and history of science, Robyn Arianrhod's book explores the roles both women played in bringing Newton's Principia to a wider audience, and reveals the intimate links between the unfolding Newtonian revolution and the origins of intellectual and political liberty.Women scientistsFranceBiographyWomen scientistsGreat BritainBiographyScientistsFranceBiographyScientistsGreat BritainBiographyWomenFranceIntellectual life18th centuryWomenGreat BritainIntellectual life19th centuryElectronic books.Women scientistsWomen scientistsScientistsScientistsWomenIntellectual lifeWomenIntellectual life510.92/2Arianrhod Robyn989289MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464945803321Seduced by logic2262431UNINA