René Descartes

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) ek mashuur French philosopher aur physicist rahaa. Uu dui khaas buk He physics aur philosophy ke uppar likhis rahaa.

 Descartes aur physics 
Aapan buk Discourse on Method (1637) me Descartes scientific method ke baare me likhis jiske uu apne se banais rahaa. Uu shapes (Geometry), light (Dioptrics), aur weather (Meteorology) ke baare me bhi likhis hae. Uske baad uu ek rakam se shapes ke coordinates se describe kare ke suruu karis aur ek aur theory banais jiske  rainbow ke naam se jaana jaawe hae. Descartes ke physics ke baad me Sir Isaac Newton bhi kaam me laais jon ki uske aur James Hook ke baare me likis hae ki: "Agar jo ham duur talak dekhe sakaa hae tab ham giant ke kandhaa pe kharraa rahaa!"

 Descartes aur philosophy 
Aapan buk Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) me Descartes aapan scientific method ke kaam me laae ke philosophical sawaal ke dekhis hae. Uu skepticism ke virod me bahas karis hae. 

Descartes, Rene
Descartes, Rene