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Emilie du Châtelet
In Our Time: Science
The Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville
David, emily de chatley and walter lived together for up to ten years. They worked on a project of scientific experiment in an iron works at her estate. Emily decides that voltaire doesn't understand what heis talking about. And she goes off and secretly, in the dead of the night, writes a different essay on the nature of fire,. which she submits anonymously to competition. Now, comit adomatically, because no one would take seriously an essay written by a woman who isn't approved by the establishment - both of them are taking views they don't think should be taken seriously. The book is out now from Simon & Schuster (£16.99).
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