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Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and...
by Bodanis, David
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- ISBN 10
- 0307237206
- ISBN 13
- 9780307237200
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Passionate Minds: The Great Enlightenment Love Affair is a book by author David Bodanis. Written in the form of a novel, the book deals with the life and love of Voltaire and his mistress, scientist Émilie du Châtelet. It also discusses the theories they propounded about life, theology and the nature of the universe. The story was written with the aid of historic letters of correspondence between Émilie and Voltaire, as well as between several other prominent figures of the Enlightenment.
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- Title
- Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and...
- Author
- Bodanis, David
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307237206
- ISBN 13
- 9780307237200
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- October 10, 2006
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