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Correspondence with Beeckman

France · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1619

Rene Descartes26 March 1619

Breda · Humanities / Philosophy

Descartes wrote to Beeckman about mathematical methods and problems developed during their Breda collaboration.

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Rene Descartes

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