~ Emilie
- Me
- Hello Emilie, do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions?
~ No I don’t mind, shoot.
- OK, What events in your life may have sparked an interest in science for you?
~ Probably my family. The only way that anyone could get by or mold a place in society was if I was a mathematician. As you know, science and math are very close.
- oh, very strict I see…
~ yeah.
- Did you have any mentors?
~ Oh, of course! First of all Voltaire, we were in love. My husband didn’t mind though, I do believe he may have had an affair himself though. There was also Leibniz and Newton, Voltaire and I studied together.
- What do you think your greatest accomplishment was?
~ I believe it was when I helped translate the 1st French translations of Newton’s Principa.
- Do you think there were limitations for you since you are a woman?
~ I don’t believe there should be but unfortunately there are. Like you said I am a woman and men don’t take woman as seriously as other men.
-What are your religious beliefs?
~ I believe that humans reason cannot be used to combat ignorance, superstition or tyranny to build a better world. Some people may not agree with me but I feel I am correct.
- Did your ideas in math fit your fathers beliefs?
~ Yes, my fathers beliefs fit perfectly with mine.
- How did gender or class roles effect you?
~ Like I said men don’t treat women seriously so what I do to talk to smart men about science is dress up in mens clothes and go to the bar and play cards with the other men. At one time they rejected my application for a scholarary institution.
- What famous people are you friends of?
~ Well I didn’t really have “ friends” but I include these men as my friends : Flourent Claude Marquis du Chatelet Lamont. He is my husband, Voltaire , he was my lover and study partner. Marquis de Saint, I had three kids with him, I was in love with him while my husband and Voltaire. But before them there were Samuel Koeing, Pierre Louis de Maupertus, and Duede Richelieu, all lovers and tudors.
- Wow! That’s a lot of tutors/lovers, anyway the kind of knowledge do people study today do you or any of your lovers agree with it?
~ No, actually Voltaire was kicked out of France for writing a book that argues with the political standings of France.
- Thank You for your time today Mrs. Chatelet!
Works Cited
Physicsworld.com. Web. 26 Mar. 2010.
Voltaire Residence / Residence of Voltaire. Web. 26 Mar. 2010.
Washington State University - Pullman, Washington. Web. 26 Mar. 2010.
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