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Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes. “Stay-in-Bed Scholar” “Gentleman, Soldier, and Mathematician” Born on March 31, 1596 Died on February 11, 1650. Childhood. As a child was very weak and was always sick. He had been picked on by bullies for it. He was inspired to do math by his mother.

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Rene Descartes

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  1. Rene Descartes “Stay-in-Bed Scholar” “Gentleman, Soldier, and Mathematician” Born on March 31, 1596 Died on February 11,1650

  2. Childhood • As a child was very weak and was always sick. • He had been picked on by bullies for it. • He was inspired to do math by his mother. • Little did he know he would be affected by not doing math as a child.

  3. Education • He went Jesuit school of La Fleche in Anjou, France at eight years old. • He studied mathematics and Scholastic philosophy. • He studied law at the University of Poitiers. • He graduated from the University in 1616. • He never practiced law.

  4. Accomplishments • He graduated the University of Poitiers. • He changed math by dicovering the X and Y axis. • He wrote the book SEEKING THE TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES. (1637) • Descartes did not revise geometry; he created it.

  5. A Sad Day in France • Rene Descartes died February in 1650. • The best known cause for his death was from a cold. • He died in Sweden at 5:00 am during a philosophy session. • He died in the castle of Cartesian Christia.

  6. Bibliography • Deal, Seymour. Mathematicians are People, Too. pg- 35 to 43. • “Descartes,” Encarta, Microsoft, 1997. • Bells, ET. Men of Mathematics, pg- 35-55.

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