| Introduction |
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1 Madame Newton du Chatelet |
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2 Creating the theory of gravity: the Newtonian controversy |
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12 | (8) |
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3 Learning mathematics and fighting for freedom |
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4 Emilie and Voltaire's Academy of Free Thought |
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5 Testing Newton: the `New Argonauts' |
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56 | (11) |
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6 The danger in Newton: life, love and politics |
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67 | (13) |
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7 The nature of light: Emilie takes on Newton |
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80 | (17) |
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8 Searching for `energy': Emilie discovers Leibniz |
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97 | (17) |
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9 Mathematics and free will |
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114 | (18) |
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10 The re-emergence of Madame Newton du Chatelet |
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132 | (15) |
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11 Love letters to Saint-Lambert |
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147 | (8) |
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155 | (6) |
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13 Mary Fairfax Somerville |
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161 | (14) |
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175 | (22) |
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15 Mechanism of the Heavens |
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16 Mary's second book: popular science in the nineteenth century |
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17 Finding light waves: the `Newtonian Revolution' comes of age |
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227 | (17) |
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18 Mary Somerville: a fortunate life |
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244 | (8) |
| Epilogue: Declaring a point of view |
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252 | (6) |
| Appendix |
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258 | (28) |
| Notes and Sources |
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| Bibliography |
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318 | (10) |
| Acknowledgments |
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328 | (1) |
| Index |
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