[FRIAM] from George with love

[Frank Wimberly]

The derivative of kinetic energy is momentum.

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 8:31 AM Nicholas Thompson <thompnickson2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Today George introduced me to  *• Émilie du Châtelet (1740):*
>
> *In her translation/commentary on Newton, she clarified and defended
> Leibniz’s vis viva over Newtonian momentum. Still no “potential energy” in
> the modern sense, but momentum vs. velocity-squared debates were live.*
>
> I thought I would pass her along to you in case you had never met her.
>
> Nick.
>
>
>   Nick
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> --
> Nicholas S. Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology
> Clark University
> nthompson at clarku.edu
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