Judith Zinsser
Professor Emerita of History at Miami University of Ohio and biographer of Emilie du Châtelet
1 episode
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Science18th-century philosophersFrench women philosophersFrench physicists18th-century French women writers18th-century French writers18th-century French mathematicians18th-century French philosophersContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)French women physicistsDeaths in childbirth18th-century French scientistsDeaths from pulmonary embolism
Emilie du Châtelet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th-century mathematical genius whose insights into Newton and Leibniz were part of the great advance in science in the Enlightenment.
4 February 2021
Also featuring: Patricia Fara, David Wootton
ScienceFrench physicists18th-century French women writers18th-century French writers18th-century French mathematicians18th-century philosophers18th-century French philosophersContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)French women physicistsFrench women philosophersDeaths in childbirth18th-century French scientistsDeaths from pulmonary embolism18th centuryFranceMathematics