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Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale Of Mathematics, Mysticism, And The Quest To Understand The Universe
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Broadway Books
Publication date
October 11, 2005
Pages
273
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780767920339
ISBN-10
0767920333
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$24.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A portrait of the great seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician looks at the contributions of Ren$ Descartes, his interest in mysticism and probable membership in the occult brotherhood of Rosicrucians, and his secret notebook, which he kept in code, attempting to redecipher the contents of the long-lost volume. 30,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
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from Broadway Books (October 11, 2005)
9780767920339 | details & prices | 273 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A portrait of the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician looks at his interest in mysticism and probable membership in the occult brotherhood of Rosicrucians, and his secret notebook, which he kept in code, attempting to redecipher the contents of the long-lost volume.
About: A portrait of the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician looks at his interest in mysticism and probable membership in the occult brotherhood of Rosicrucians, and his secret notebook, which he kept in code, attempting to redecipher the contents of the long-lost volume.
Paperback
from Broadway Books (October 10, 2006)
9780767920346 | details & prices | 273 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A portrait of the great seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician looks at the contributions of Ren‚ Descartes, his interest in mysticism and probable membership in the occult brotherhood of Rosicrucians, and his secret notebook, which he kept in code, attempting to redecipher the contents of the long-lost volume.
About: A portrait of the great seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician looks at the contributions of Ren‚ Descartes, his interest in mysticism and probable membership in the occult brotherhood of Rosicrucians, and his secret notebook, which he kept in code, attempting to redecipher the contents of the long-lost volume.
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