Émilie du Châtelet and the foundations of physical science /

Émilie du Châtelet and the foundations of physical science /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brading, Katherine, 1970- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Routledge focus on philosophy.
Subjects:
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, > marquise, > 1706-1749.
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, > marquise, > 1706-1749. > Institutions de physique.
Women physicists > France > Biography.
Physicists > France > Biography.
Women mathematicians > France > Biography.
Mathematicians > France > Biography.
Physics > Early works to 1800.
Mathematics > Early works to 1800.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Method
  • Matter, body, force
  • Bodies in action
  • Appendix. Chapter headings from Du Châtelet's foundations of physics, and from several early 18th century Newtonian textbooks.