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Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe Tapa dura - 2005
de Amir D. Aczel
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Rene Descartes (1596--1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm "Cogito, ergo sum" marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates has made our intellectual conquest of physical space possible.But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult brotherhood of the Rosicrucians, he kept a secret notebook, now lost, most of which was written in code. After Descartes's death, Gottfried Leibniz, inventor of calculus and one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, moved to Paris in search of this notebook--and eventually found it in the possession of Claude Clerselier, a friend of Descartes's. Liebniz called on Clerselier and was allowed to copy only a couple of pages--which, though written in code, he amazingly deciphered there on the spot. Liebniz's hastily scribbled notes are all we have today of Descartes's notebook.Why did Descartes keep a secret notebook, and what were its contents? The answers to these questions will lead the reader on an exciting, swashbuckling journey, and offer a fascinating look at one of the great figures of Western culture.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Título Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe
- Autor Amir D. Aczel
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Edition
- Páginas 273
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Broadway Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación October 11, 2005
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780767920339 / 0767920333
- Peso 1.21 libras (0.55 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.5 x 6.32 x 1.06 pulgadas (24.13 x 16.05 x 2.69 cm)
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2005045722
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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