tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304110093631308242.post4690560985136199543..comments2024-03-27T09:31:36.185-04:00Comments on Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb: Q&A with Rhodri EvansDeborah Kalbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361546823368350856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304110093631308242.post-14165854812888749042019-08-11T11:32:27.419-04:002019-08-11T11:32:27.419-04:00Thanks for sharing - interesting interview. My fav...Thanks for sharing - interesting interview. My favorite scientist (at the moment) is the 18th c. French physicist, mathematician, philosopher Emilie, the Marquise du Chatelet. She was also a mother, singer (by some accounts), actress--the consort of the brilliant Voltaire, she surpassed his intellect in the sciences. They engaged in many mad experiments together, parting ways and sharing recognition from the French Academy of Sciences in a quest to define fire in a competition she submitted to anonymously, to prove force vive, now known as kinetic energy, and to prove that a woman had every bit the intellect and temperament to advance scientific thought. She published the first translation of Newton into French in an edition still in use today, and provided commentary, and laid the groundwork for Relativity two centuries before Einstein. And she is largely forgotten today, even in the city of Luneville, where she is buried, anonymously, in the beautiful church. Working to restore her legacy and inspiration for today's budding scientists as part of my teen time-travel adventure book series.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944029011851514539noreply@blogger.com