Émilie du Châtelet
1706 – 1749 · France · Physics, Mathematics
Translated Newton into French and established kinetic energy as mv².
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- Isaac Newton
1643 – 1727 · Physics, Mathematics
Her annotated Principes mathématiques remains the French Principia.
- Voltaire
1694 – 1778 · Literature, Philosophy
Their Cirey laboratory produced her Newton translation and his popular Newtonianism together.
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- Leonhard Euler
1707 – 1783 · Mathematics
Her defence of vis viva fed the energy concept Euler's mechanics formalised.
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