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The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman: Émilie du Châtelet and the Making of Modern Philosophy

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Suppressed for centuries, the ideas of French philosopher Émilie Du Châtelet are ever relevant today...

Just as the Enlightenment was gaining momentum throughout Europe, philosopher Émilie Du Châtelet broke through the many barriers facing women at the time and published a major philosophical treatise in French. Within a few short years, she became famous: she was read and debated from Russia to Prussia, from Switzerland to England, from up north in Sweden to down south in Italy. This was no...