Early Modern Women on Metaphysics
Émilie Du Châtelet: Physics, Metaphysics and the Case of Gravity
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When Émilie Du Châtelet published her magnum opus, Institutions de physique, in 1740, it was quickly met with excited reactions from mathematicians and philosophers throughout the Continent.1 Within a few short years, it was read and discussed by philosophers like Kant and Wolff and by mathematicians like the Bernoullis, Euler and D’Alembert.
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9781107178687
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January 1, 2018
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Janiak, A. (2018). Émilie Du Châtelet: Physics, Metaphysics and the Case of Gravity. In Early Modern Women on Metaphysics (pp. 49–71). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316827192.004
Janiak, A. “Émilie Du Châtelet: Physics, Metaphysics and the Case of Gravity.” In Early Modern Women on Metaphysics, 49–71, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316827192.004.
Janiak A. Émilie Du Châtelet: Physics, Metaphysics and the Case of Gravity. In: Early Modern Women on Metaphysics. 2018. p. 49–71.
Janiak, A. “Émilie Du Châtelet: Physics, Metaphysics and the Case of Gravity.” Early Modern Women on Metaphysics, 2018, pp. 49–71. Scopus, doi:10.1017/9781316827192.004.
Janiak A. Émilie Du Châtelet: Physics, Metaphysics and the Case of Gravity. Early Modern Women on Metaphysics. 2018. p. 49–71.
DOI
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9781107178687
Publication Date
January 1, 2018
Start / End Page
49 / 71