(032373) Zinsser, Judith P. La Dame D'esprit: A Biography Of The Marquise Du Chatelet. New York: Viking, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 376 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749) was a French mathematician, physicist, and author during the Age of Enlightenment. Her crowning achievement is considered to be her translation and commentary on Isaac Newton's work Principia Mathematica. The translation, published ten years after her death in 1759, is still considered the standard French translation ISBN: 0670038008 (Du Chatelet, Gabrie, Authors, Scientists, Feminists, France)
