Title: Descartes
First published: January 2005
Description: Examines the life of René Descartes, the seminal scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier, and spy who transformed seventeenth-century Europe and became the father of modern philosophy.
Subjects: Philosophers, Biography, Intellectual life, Science, Philosophy, History, New York Times reviewed
Places: France
People: René Descartes (1596-1650)