At the time, without adequate healthcare, this was very dangerous for women of her age. She applied her mathematical ability while gambling, and used her winnings to buy books and laboratory equipment, and made important advanced regarding the concepts like energy and energy conservation.Īround the age of 42, Du Châtelet became pregnant again. As a women, she was often excluded from the scientific community, but she built friendships with renown scholars, and had a long affair with the philosopher Voltaire. Émilie du Châtelet (1706 – 1749) was a French scientist and mathematician.
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