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Émilie du Châtelet. Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet ( French pronunciation: [emili dy ʃɑtlɛ] ⓘ; 17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749) was a French natural philosopher and mathematician from the early 1730s until her death due to complications during childbirth in 1749. Her most recognized achievement ...
Louis-Marie-Florent de Lomont d'Haraucourt, marquis later duc du Châtelet (20 November 1727, Semur-en-Auxois – 13 December 1793, Paris ), was an aristocratic French Army general and diplomat of the Ancien Régime. The Duke served as Governor of Semur-en-Auxois in Burgundy as well as Ambassador to the Court of St James's, besides other ...
Château de Cirey. Coordinates: 48°19′47″N 04°56′22″E. Château de Cirey. The Château de Cirey is a château in Cirey-sur-Blaise, Haute-Marne, France (not to be confused with Bellevaux Abbey in Haute-Saône, sometimes also referred to as the chateau of Cirey-lès-Bellevaux). The château was the home of Émilie du Châtelet and her ...
Émilie is an opera – specifically a 9-scene, 75-minute monodrama for soprano – by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho to a libretto by Amin Maalouf. It was written in 2008. [1] [2] Based on the life and writings of Marquise Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749), [3] the work premiered at the Opéra de Lyon, France, on 1 March 2010, with Finnish ...
The light is reflected by a mirror held by a muse representing Émilie du Châtelet, Voltaire's mistress and co-translator. The Lumières (literally in English: The Lights ) was a cultural, philosophical, literary and intellectual movement beginning in the second half of the 17th century, originating in western Europe and spreading throughout ...
The Place du Châtelet ( French pronunciation: [plas dy ʃɑtlɛ]) is a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the river Seine, on the borderline between the 1st and 4th arrondissements. It lies at the north end of the Pont au Change, a bridge that connects the Île de la Cité, near the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the ...
63396789. Passionate Minds: The Great Enlightenment Love Affair is a 2006 book by author David Bodanis. Written in the form of a novel, the book deals with the life and love of Voltaire and his mistress, scientist Émilie du Châtelet. It also discusses the theories they propounded about life, theology and the nature of the universe.
The Lycée Émilie du Châtelet is a state senior high school in Serris, Seine-et-Marne, France, in the Paris metropolitan area . This educational establishment is named after Émilie du Châtelet, a French female scientist, especially a natural philosopher and a mathematician, during the first half of the 18th century.