Descartes' secret notebook
a true tale of mathematics, mysticism, and the quest to understand the universe
Descartes, rene, 1596-1650
Mathematics, philosophy
Mystiek
Mathematics, history
Manuscrits
Wiskunde
Notebooks, sketchbooks
Filosofie
Knowledge and learning
Mathématiques
Manuscripts
Knowledge
Historia
Philosophie
Mathematics
Philosophy
History
A portrait of the great 17th century philosopher and mathematician looks at the contributions of Rene Descartes. His interest in mysticism and probable membership in the occult brotherhood of Rosicrucians, and his secret notebook, which he kept in code, attempting to redecipher the contents of the l…
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