Descartes' bones : a skeletal history of the conflict between faith and reason /
Shorto, Russell.
New York : Vintage Books,
2009, c2008.
The best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World chronicles the more than three-hundred-year debate between religion and science as revealed through the long and momentous odyssey of the skeletal remains of French philosopher René Descartes, creator of the famous phrase "I think, therefore I am."
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index.
The best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World chronicles the more than three-hundred-year debate between religion and science as revealed through the long and momentous odyssey of the skeletal remains of French philosopher René Descartes, creator of the famous phrase "I think, therefore I am."
The man who died -- Banquet of bones -- Unholy relics -- The misplaced head -- Cranial capacity -- Habeas corpus -- A modern face.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Faith.
Reason.