Chatelet Pillows

Description: Émilie du Chatelet, 18th century French mathematician, physicist, author, with Isaac Newton. Drawings from her Institutions physiques.

Description: French natural philosopher and mathematician from the early 1730s. Her most recognized achievement is her translation of and commentary on Isaac Newton's book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica containing basic laws of physics. The translation is still considered the standard French translation.