Scientific Work of René Descartes (Record no. 7123)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781315511320
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Source of stock number/acquisition Taylor & Francis
Terms of availability GBP 37.99
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Personal name J. F. Scott
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Title Scientific Work of René Descartes
Remainder of title 1596-1650
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Edition statement 1
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Routledge
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 20160812
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Extent 226 p
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Expansion of summary note When originally published in 1952, this book filled a gap in the history of philosophy and science and remains an important work today, because it puts the main mathematical and physical discoveries of Descartes in an accessible form, for the benefit of English readers. Descartes is acknowledged to be the founder of modern mathematics, through his invention of analytical geometry and this volume charts Descartes’ role in bringing a unity into algebra and geometry and the development of mathematics into a discipline which could be properly analysed. Carefully paraphrasing the Géométrie, this volume retains much of Descartes’ original notation as well as the original diagrams. The volume also discusses the considerable contribution that Descartes made to the physical sciences which involved accurate work in optics, light, sight and colour.

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