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Color portrait of Émilie du Châtelet. She has papers spread out before her and holds a compass to them with her right hand. Her left elbow rests on the table and her hand is propped against her cheek. She is wearing a green dress with a green bow at her neck, and white frilly sleeves.

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Color portrait of Émilie du Châtelet. She has papers spread out before her and holds a compass to them with her right hand. Her left elbow rests on the table and her hand is propped against her cheek. She is wearing a green dress with a green bow at her neck, and white frilly sleeves.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:12:16 UTC Robert McNees

A belated happy birthday to Émilie du Châtelet, who was born on December 17, 1706.
She hypothesized conservation of energy, established kinetic energy as distinct from momentum and proportional to (speed)², and combined Newton, Leibniz, and her own original ideas in "Institutions de Physique.”
A thread from last year:
https://mastodon.social/@mcnees/109530172077988652

In conversation about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink