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1. Grassroots Joe (joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 15:06:07 UTC Grassroots Joe

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   I was pretty sure I'd not heard of Madam du Châtelet, but apparently it is only my memory that is at fault.
   I pulled Volume III of the History of Science in Western Civilization text book for the course I took junior year at Cornell in the late '70's; while the index fails to include du Châtelet, she is included in the section titled "French Science during the Century of Lights". She's introduced as Voltaire's mistress, an accomplished mathematician and translator of the Principia.