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**//Émilie du Châtelet//** Born : 17. December 1706, Paris Died : 10. September 1749, Lunéville She started as a small child to train fencing and riding. By twelve years Émilie had her own tutor which came to her house. She could speak Latin, Italian, Greek and German fluent. Émilie was a famous mathematician, physicist and author during the Age of Enlightment. One great thing was that she translated Isaac Newton´s monumental work Principia Mathematica. After her death the book was published under the name “Algebraical Commentary” ( Still used in French). She was a exclusively male because she read, studied, wrote, published and gained recognition in a learned world. Du Châtelet was one of the brilliant women of Enlightment. She had many affairs one of them was Voltaire.
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