Émilie du Châtelet · Science
Émilie du Châtelet’s translation of and commentary on Newton’s <em>Principia</em> - still the standard French version - and what it means to translate a physics, not merely a text: to re-derive its mathematics in a new language, and to finish it while racing against death.
You learned that du Châtelet translated Newton’s Principia into French and wrote an analytical commentary that re-derived its mechanics in the calculus of her day, and that translating a physics means far more than translating its words. Explain in your own words why her Principia is a work of science, not just…
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