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The woman physicist who corrected Newton’s errors - C C - Jan 14, 2026
https://www.acsh.org/news/2026/01/12/marquise-emilie-du-chatelet-physicist-who-corrected-newtons-errors-49909
INTRO: In 18th-century France, science was a men’s club, and women were expected to be ornaments. One aristocrat, the Marquise Émilie du Châtelet, quietly took on Isaac Newton, translating the Principia into French, correcting Newton’s mistakes, adding groundbreaking commentary, and shaping the idea of the conservation of energy. If you only know her as Voltaire’s lover, you’re missing the real story: she was one of the sharpest scientific minds of her age... (MORE - details)