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5 unusual facts about Émilie du Châtelet


Émilie du Châtelet

A main-belt minor planet and a crater on Venus have been named in her honor, and she is the subject of two plays: Legacy of Light by Karen Zacarías and Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Lauren Gunderson.

The Marquis Florent-Claude du Chastellet and Émilie du Châtelet had three children: Françoise Gabriel Pauline (born 30 June 1726), Louis Marie Florent (born 20 November 1727), and Victor-Esprit (born 11 April 1733).

Lauren Gunderson

Gunderson's play Émilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight, about the real-life 18th century physicist Émilie du Châtelet was commissioned and developed at South Coast Repertory as part of their 2008 Pacific Playwrights Festival directed by Kate Whorisky.

Le Tonnelier de Breteuil

Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1706–1749), mathematician, daughter of Louis Nicolas

Voltaire in Love

Voltaire in Love is a popular history of the sixteen-year relationship between Voltaire and the Émilie, the Marquise du Châtelet.



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