Passionate Minds

by: David Bodanis

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Passionate Minds

Passionate Minds

By: David Bodanis

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Product Details

Category - Non Fiction / History

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Good

Listed - 3 years ago

Views - 9

Ships From - Michigan

Est. Publication Date - Oct 2006

Overview

Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World

Publisher Description

It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Châtelet, a beguiling—and married—aristocrat who would one day popularize Newton’s arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein’s theorie...

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