Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Marquise du Châtelet
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in Paris, France Died: September 10, 1749 in Lunéville, France |
Her inscription to
M. Malouin.
Photos courtesy of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.
Châtelet was
one of the first women to publish works in
mathematics and science that have survived until our
day. A wealthy, spirited, member of court, she
is most
often remembered as the mistress of Voltaire and the translator of
Newton's Principia.