Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

Awhile back I got a link on Facebook about Ada Lovelace Day and I promised that I would write about a favorite woman in Science or Mathematics. Despite the fact that I'm an utter failure at it, I find science fascinating. (Math is utterly incomprehensible to me) Some of my favorite high school memories are of going to The Cranbrook Institute for their Women in Math and Science Days. They'd bus any interested girl out there to go meet and hear lectures from all these women scientists and mathematicians. Ichthyologists, Engineers, Art Restorers... very cool stuff. And now, here I am, a pseudo-engineer. How my old Science teachers would laugh.

Anyway! I want to tell you about Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet. Her life was so awesome you won't believe she's not a Mary Sue.

( 10 Awesome things about Émilie du Châtelet )