Many people who write extensively about René Descartes concentrate almost exclusively on his philosophy and his hyped up, supposed role as the father of modern philosophy. However, he wrote extensively about a wide spectrum of scientific topics, including mathematics, optics, … Continue reading →| The Renaissance Mathematicus
This post is a first attempt to answer a question that came up when I was rude, not for the first time, on social media about Jim Al-Khalili’s book The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Save…| The Renaissance Mathematicus
In the last post in this series, we took an in depth look at the career of the English mariner Sir Robert Dudley (1574–1649). This ended with an account of the scientific instruments that he left b…| The Renaissance Mathematicus
