Judith P. Zinsser, author of Emilie du Chatelet - our blogger for the week of 12/10

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Judith P. Zinsser is our guest blogger during the week of December 10th. If you have any questions for Judith P. Zinsser, add a comment to any of her posts. Here is some brief information about Emilie du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment:

Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet (1706–1749) was more than a great man’s mistress. After marrying a marquis at the age of eighteen, she proceeded to fulfill the prescribed—and delightfully frivolous—role of a French noblewoman of her time. But she also challenged it, conducting a highly visible affair with a commoner, writing philosophical works, and translating Newton’s Principia while pregnant by a younger lover. With the sweep of Galileo’s Daughter, Emilie Du Châtelet captures the charm, glamour, and brilliance of this magnetic woman.

About Judith Zinsser

Judith P. Zinsser is co-author of the landmark two-volume history of European women, A History of Their Own, and teaches at Miami University in Ohio. A recognized expert on the Marquise Du Châtelet, she was featured in October on the PBS Nova special Einstein’s Big Idea.

Emilie du Chatelet
Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
Judith P. Zinsser - Author
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Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 384 pages | ISBN 9780143112686 | 27 Nov 2007 | Penguin

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