Passionate Minds: Emilie Du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, (Paperback)

from asukamaxwell

I knew of Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet before reading this book, but I was hoping for something more than just the usual general information. I was slightly disappointed. While I did learn a considerable amount about Emilie du Chatelet, the author seemed more occupied with each figure's love a...

from Paulagraph

More on 18th century French scientist/ philosopher Emilie du Chatelet, although this rollicking non-fiction tale focuses a bit more on Voltaire than on his friend and lover, & in any event, more on their relationship then on aspects of du Chatelet's life & work not contingent upon that relationsh...

from RavRita

It was a good book and I learned a lot about the Enlightenment Movement and Emile du Chatelet. It is unfortunate that the writer, similar to the scholars of her day, did not give Ms Chatelet enough credit for her work and described her mostly by the notches that she or Voltaire scratched into the...

from EricKibler

An interesting book about the lifelong relationship between Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet. Emilie was a mathematician and physicist who furthered understanding of Newton's work and expanded on it. Unfortunately, being female, her work didn't get the recognition it should have gotten at the time...

from LynnB

I thoroughly enjoyed this book while I was reading it. Emilie and Voltaire are such fascinating people and the author writes engagingly about their lives. There is not a lot about the actual science that Emilie studied; this is more of a general biography than a scientific one. I liked it a lot a...