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Seduced by Logic: Émilie Du Châtelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution by Robyn Arianrhod

Seduced by Logic: Émilie Du Châtelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution

Robyn Arianrhod

338 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
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Newton's explanation of the natural law of universal gravity shattered the way mankind perceived the universe, and hence it was not immediately embraced. After all, how can anyone warm to a force that cannot be seen or touched? But for two women, ...

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