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Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affiar Of The Enlightenment, Featuring Scientist Emilie Du Chatelet, Poet Voltaire...
by Bodanis, David
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg/Vg. Pages: 373. /Vg (See description)
- ISBN 10
- 0307237206
- ISBN 13
- 9780307237200
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Synopsis
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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- MASTER188026I
- Title
- Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affiar Of The Enlightenment, Featuring Scientist Emilie Du Chatelet, Poet Voltaire...
- Author
- Bodanis, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg/Vg. Pages: 373.
- Jacket Condition
- Vg (See description)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307237206
- ISBN 13
- 9780307237200
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- History & Travel, Voltaire, French Authors, Mistresses, France, Scientists
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