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Émilie du Châtelet

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Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (French:; 17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749) was a French mathematician and physicist. Her most recognized achievement is her philosophical magnum opus, Institutions de Physique (Paris, 1740, first edition; Foundations of Physics).

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