Émilie du Châtelet

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Émilie du Châtelet born?December 17, 1706
2. Where was Émilie du Châtelet born?Paris, France
3. Who was Émilie du Châtelet?Émilie du Châtelet was a brilliant French mathematician and physicist from the 1700s who helped explain science to people.
4. What is the book 'Institutions de Physique'?It is a book she wrote that mixes science and philosophy. It was translated into German and Italian within three years, showing how popular it was.

Epistemology: The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge, its nature, and its scope.
Metaphysics: The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space.
Newtonian Physics: The scientific study of motion and mechanics based on Isaac Newton's laws of motion and universal gravitation.