LEADER 04133nam 2200661 450 001 9910824500603321 005 20230801232929.0 010 $a0-19-998692-4 010 $a0-19-993162-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000072878 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24219760 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001039033 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12489919 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001039033 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11057799 035 $a(PQKB)11413774 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1019504 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1019504 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10816686 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL550699 035 $a(OCoLC)865508600 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000072878 100 $a20131219d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSeduced by logic $eE?milie Du Cha?telet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution /$fRobyn Arianrhod 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 300 $a"First published in Australia in 2011"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-19-993161-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bThis 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. 606 $aWomen scientists$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aWomen scientists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aScientists$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aScientists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aWomen$zFrance$xIntellectual life$y18th century 606 $aWomen$zGreat Britain$xIntellectual life$y19th century 615 0$aWomen scientists 615 0$aWomen scientists 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aWomen$xIntellectual life 615 0$aWomen$xIntellectual life 676 $a510.92/2 700 $aArianrhod$b Robyn$01599260 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824500603321 996 $aSeduced by logic$93921850 997 $aUNINA