Natural philosophy: on retrieving a lost disciplinary imaginary by McGrath, AE

“…It offers a critical conversation with leading representatives of the movement—such as Johann Kepler, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton—to clarify its scope and significance, as well as identifying the factors causing the decline of the movement in the nineteenth century. …”

Emilie Du Châtelet

“…This volume brings renewed attention to Du Châtelet’s intellectual achievements, including her free translation of selections from Bernard Mandeville’s <em>Fable of the bees</em>; her dissertation on the nature and propagation of fire for the 1738 prize competition of the Académie des sciences; the 1740 <em>Institutions de physique</em> and ensuing exchange with the perpetual secretary of the Académie, Dortous de Mairan; her two-volume exegesis of the Bible; the translation of and commentary on Isaac Newton’s <em>Principia</em>; and her semi-autobiographical <em>Discours sur le bonheur</em>. …”