Mathematician?

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I am looking for a women mathematician who was also a scientist and translator. She was born in France during the Enlightenment and was the daughter of an aristocratic family.
Please help!

2007-09-19 18:36:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

2 answers

Emilie du Chatelet
she knew Voltaire (enlightenment) and translated Newton's Principia.

2007-09-19 18:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville

2007-09-20 01:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by cpuguy_1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋