Descartes' secret notebook : a true tale of mathematics, mysticism, and the quest to understand the universe

Author(s)

• Aczel, Amir D.

Bibliographic Information

Descartes' secret notebook : a true tale of mathematics, mysticism, and the quest to understand the universe

Amir D. Aczel

Broadway Books, c2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-264) and index

Details

• NCID: BB16659496
• ISBN:
  • 9780767920346
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 273 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA29.D55
  • DC22 : 510/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Descartes, René, 1596-1650 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
  • LCSH : Descartes, René, 1596-1650 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century
  • LCSH : Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Manuscripts