{"product_id":"selected-philosophical-and-scientific-writings-emilie-du-chtelet-9780226168074","title":"Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Ch穰elet (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 Ch穰elet's writings and her contributions to history and philosophy. For this edition, Judith P. Zinsser has selected key sections from Du Ch穰elet's published and unpublished works, as well as related correspondence, part of her little-known critique of the Old and New Testaments, and a treatise on happiness that is a refreshingly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 Ch穰elet's place in the pantheon of French letters and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emilie Du Ch穰elet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226168077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226168074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010","brand":"Emilie Du Ch穰elet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993940197631,"sku":"9780226168074","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_598eeddc-43ae-418a-b1c7-f0611c0b7af5.jpg?v=1683327178","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-philosophical-and-scientific-writings-emilie-du-chtelet-9780226168074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}