430 years ago today, René Descartes, a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, was born. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry.

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430 years ago today, René Descartes, a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, was born. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry.

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René Descartes - Biography

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René Descartes was a French philosopher whose work, La géométrie, includes his application of algebra to geometry from which we now have Cartesian geometry. His work had a great influence on both mathematicians and philosophers.

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