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Introduction | p. 1 |
Madame Newton du Châtelet | p. 6 |
Creating the theory of gravity: the Newtonian controversy | p. 12 |
Learning mathematics and fighting for freedom | p. 20 |
Émilie and Voltaire's Academy of Free Thought | p. 37 |
Testing Newton: the 'New Argonauts' | p. 56 |
The danger in Newton: life, love and politics | p. 67 |
The nature of light: Émilie takes on Newton | p. 80 |
Searching for 'energyÆ: Émilie discovers Leibniz | p. 97 |
Mathematics and free will | p. 114 |
The re-emergence of Madame Newton du Châtelet | p. 132 |
Love letters to Saint-Lambert | p. 147 |
Mourning Émilie | p. 155 |
Mary Fairfax Somerville | p. 161 |
The long road to fame | p. 175 |
Mechanism of the Heavens | p. 197 |
Mary's second book: popular science in the nineteenth century | p. 214 |
Finding light waves: the 'Newtonian Revolution' comes of age | p. 227 |
Mary Somerville: a fortunate life | p. 244 |
Epilogue: Declaring a point of view | p. 252 |
Appendix | p. 258 |
Notes and Sources | p. 286 |
Bibliography | p. 318 |
Acknowledgments | p. 328 |
Index | p. 329 |
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