Descartes : the life and times of a genius
by
Grayling, A. C.
Title
:
Descartes : the life and times of a genius
Author
:
Grayling, A. C.
ISBN
:
9780802715012
Personal Author
:
Grayling, A. C.
Edition
:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Walker & Co., 2006.
Physical Description
:
303 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
General Note
:
Reprint. Originally published: Descartes : the life of René Descartes and its place in his times. London : Free Press, 2005.
Contents
:
Who was Descartes? -- The awakening -- A night of dreams -- The mystery of the rosy cross -- Nine years of travel -- Animals on the moon -- Francine -- The shape of snow -- Descartes Contra Voetius -- The princess of the passions -- The queen of winter.
Abstract
:
Examines the life of René Descartes, the seminal scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier, and spy who transformed seventeenth-century Europe and became the father of modern philosophy.
Personal Subject
:
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Subject Term
:
Philosophers -- France -- Biography.
Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century.
Geographic Term
:
France -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025513058 | 194 G778D 2005 | 1 |