A biography of the seventeenth-century mathematician René Descartes--who created analytic geometry--that describes his life, education, his contributions to mathematics, his friends and enemies, and other related topics.
Content Note
"Nourished on letters" -- Reading "The book of the world" -- Living a dream -- Making a reputation -- Creating the world -- The big breakthrough -- Friends and enemies -- The certainties of space and death -- Shoulders of a giant.