Descartes' secret notebook : a true tale of mathematics, mysticism, and the quest to understand the universe
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- ISBN: 0767920333
- ISBN: 9780767920339
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xiv, 273 p. : ill ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, c2005.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-264) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Prologue: Leibniz's search in Paris -- Gardens of Touraine -- Jesuit mathematics and the pleasures of the Capital -- Dutch puzzle -- Three dreams in an oven by the Danube -- Athenians are vexed by a persistent ancient plague -- Meeting with Faulhaber and the Battle of Prague -- Brotherhood -- Swords at sea and a meeting in the Marais -- Descartes and the Rosicrusians -- Italian creations -- Duel at Orleans, and the Siege of La Rochelle -- Move to Holland and the ghost of Galileo -- Secret affair -- Descartes' philosophy and the discourse on the method -- Descartes understands the ancient Delian mystery -- Princess Elizabeth -- Intrigues of Utrecht -- Call of the Queen -- Mysterious death of Descartes -- Leibniz's quest for Descartes' secret -- Leibniz breaks Descartes' code and solves the mystery -- Twenty-first century epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index. |
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