Seduced by Logic: Émilie Du Châtelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution

by Robyn Arianrhod

Book Overview

Newton's explanation of the natural law of universal gravity shattered the way mankind perceived the universe, and hence it was not immediately embraced. After all, how can anyone warm to a force that cannot be seen or touched? But for two women, separated by time and space but joined in their passion for Newtonian physics, the intellectual power of that force drove them to great achievements. Brilliant, determined, and almost entirely self-taught,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199931615
• ISBN13: 9780199931613
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.7"