1st+Period+-+Rene+Descartes

=1st Period - Rene Descartes= By:Dylan F.





Date of birth:1596 31 March.

Location of birth:Born at La Haye near tours.

Parents’ names:Dad Joachim mom died.

Family background:his Dad owned a farm.Rene lived with his grandma.

Date of death:1650 February 11.

Location of death/grave:In Stockhoim.

Education:He loved math.In 1606 he was at the Jesuit college.

Career:He was a scientist a mathmitition and a French philosopher.

Legacy:Wasfamous for discourse on the method for rightly directing ones reason and searching for truth in the sciences. Mostly famous for his math. Additional/Interesting information:He joined an army in Germany.He was often called the father of math.

Sources Cited (Rene Descartes – 1st Period)

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