René Descartes
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René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science during the Renaissance era. Mathem
Portrait after Frans Hals
Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine.
Portrait of René Descartes by Jan Baptist Weenix, 1647–1649
René Descartes at work
Scientific Revolution
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The Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe was an irreversible break with the natural philosophy that had preceded it, fundamentally changing how the natural world was investig
Portrait of Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller, 1689
Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Ottavio Leoni
A medieval university class, 1350s
Detail of a portrait of Cardinal Hugh of Saint-Cher (wearing spectacles), painted by Tommaso da Modena in 1352