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| Title of object: |
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil |
| Canonical Name: |
MarquiseDuChatelet |
| Type: |
Biography |
| Created on: |
2007-02-15 13:47:31 |
| Modified on: |
2007-02-15 14:50:37 |
| Classification: |
msc:01A50 |
| Synonyms: |
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=Marquise du Chatelet
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=Ch\^atelet
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=Chatelet
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=\'Emilie Breteuil
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=Emilie Breteuil
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=\'Emilie du Ch\^atelet
Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil=Emilie du Chatelet |
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The \emph{Marquise du Ch\^atelet}, n\'ee \emph{Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil} (1706 - 1749) French mathematician and physicist. The daughter of an important functionary in King Louis XIV's court, she was well-educated in languages, sciences, mathematics, arts and sports. Barely 20, she married the Marquis du Ch\^atelet and bore him three children, possibly by other men. To educate her children, she wrote a textbook on physics and made a French translation of Isaac Newton's {\it Philosophie naturalis principia mathematica} that is still used today. Her approximation $e \sim mv^2$ presaged Einstein $e = mc^2$ by a century and a half.
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\bibitem{gt} G. J. Tee ``Gabrielle-\'Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Ch\^atelet'' in {\it Women of Mathematics: A Bibliographic Sourcebook} L. Grinstein, P. Cambpell, ed.s New York: Greenwood Press (1987): 21 - 25
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