Émilie de Breteuil, marquesa du Châtelet, científica del siglo de las luces

Abstract

THIS TEXT IS A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF ÉMILIE DE BRETEUIL, MARQUISE DU CHÂTELET (1706-1749), WHO CAN BE CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST SCIENTIST WOMEN OF MODERN ERA. SHE WAS A FRIEND OF VOLTAIRE AND OTHER IMPORTANT FIGURES OF THE "SIÈCLE DES LUMIÈRES", AND CONTRIBUTED IN A DECISIVE WAY TO THE INTRODUCTION OF NEWTONIAN PHYSICS IN FRANCE. SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE ONLY FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA.