Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet: References & Edit History

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Works on Châtelet’s life and intellectual collaboration with Voltaire include Ira D. Wade, Voltaire and Madame du Châtelet (1941, reissued 1967); Nancy Mitford, Voltaire in Love (1957, reissued 1985); and Samuel Edwards, The Divine Mistress (1970).

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Émilie du Châtelet. Apr 03, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 13, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 06, 2025
Add new Web site: American Institute of Physics - The Gravity of �milie du Ch�telet (PDF). Dec 11, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 22, 2024
Add new Web site: American Mathematical Society - The Marquise du Ch�telet: Aristocrat and Mathematician. Jan 16, 2024
Add new Web site: American Physical Society - December 1706: Birth of �milie du Ch�telet. May 25, 2023
Add new Web site: EHNE Digital Encyclopedia of European History - Between science and philosophy: �milie du Ch�telet, a key figure of the European Enlightenment. Mar 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Émilie du Châtelet. Jan 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Project Continua - Emilie Du Ch�telet. Feb 19, 2021
Add new Web site: Agness Scott College - Biography of Emilie du Ch�telet. Jan 12, 2017
Add new Web site: Women in Science - Biography of Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil. Jan 12, 2017
Added new Web site: Wichita State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics - Biography of Emilie, Marquise du Ch�telet. Aug 27, 2007
Added new Web site: Oregon State University - Biography of �milie, Marquise du Ch�telet-Laumont. Aug 27, 2007
Added new Web site: Sunshine for Women - Biography of Gabrielle-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Marquise du Chatelet. Aug 27, 2007
Added new Web site: Women in Science - Biography of Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil. Aug 27, 2007
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Gabrielle �milie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Marquise du Ch�telet.
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Nov 22, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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