Passionate minds : the great love affair of the Enlightenment, featuring the scientist Emilie Du Châtelet, the poet Voltaire, sword fights, book burnings, assorted kings, seditious verse, and the birth of the modern world
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Bodanis, David.
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New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.
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Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography.
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, -- marquise, -- 1706-1749.
Mistresses -- France -- Biography.
Scientists -- France -- Biography.
Voltaire, -- 1694-1778 -- Relations with women.

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New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.
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373 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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9780307237200

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-354) and index.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bodanis, D. (2006). Passionate minds: the great love affair of the Enlightenment, featuring the scientist Emilie Du Châtelet, the poet Voltaire, sword fights, book burnings, assorted kings, seditious verse, and the birth of the modern world (1st American ed.). Crown Publishers.

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Bodanis, David. 2006. Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie Du Châtelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World. Crown Publishers.

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Bodanis, David. Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie Du Châtelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World Crown Publishers, 2006.

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Bodanis, David. Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie Du Châtelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World 1st American ed., Crown Publishers, 2006.

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