Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton / Ruth Hagengruber, editor.
| Other author | Hagengruber, Ruth. |
| Other author | Forschungszentrum Europäische Aufklärung (Potsdam, Germany) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2012. |
| Description | xvi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | SpringerLink |
| Subjects |
| Series | Archives internationales d'histoire des idées = International archives of the history of ideas, 0066-6610 ; 205 Archives internationales d'histoire des idées 205. ^A494673 |
| Contents | Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton / Ruth Hagengruber -- In the spirit of Leibniz : two approaches from 1742 / Hartmut Hecht -- Between Newton and Leibnitz : Emilie du Châtelet and Samuel Clarke / Sarah Hutton -- "Sancti Bernoulli orate pro nobis" : Emilie du Châtelet's rediscovered Essai sur l'optique and her relation to the mathematicians from Basel / Fritz Nagel -- Leonhard Euler and Emilie du Châtelet : on the post-Newtonian development of mechanics / Dieter Suisky -- Leibniz's quantity of force: a heresy? : Emilie du Châtelet's Institutions in the context of the vis viva controversy / Andrea Reichenberger -- From translation to philosophical discourse : Emilie du Châtelet's commentaries on Newton and Leibniz / Ursula Winter. |
| General note | Papers presented at a symposium held in 2006, in observance of the 300th birthday of Emilie du Châtelet, at the Forschungszentrum Europäische Aufklärung in Potsdam, Germany. |
| Bibliography note | Includes a bibliography of works by and about Emilie du Châtelet on p. 207-246. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Also available online. |
| LCCN | 2011939188 |
| ISBN | 9789400720749 |
| ISBN | 9400720742 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Q174.8 .E45 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |