Descartes' Bones

A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason

Hardcover, 320 pages

Published Oct. 14, 2008 by Doubleday.

ISBN:
978-0-385-51753-9
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OCLC Number:
191758305

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The best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World chronicles the more than three-hundred-year debate between religion and science as revealed through the long and momentous odyssey of the skeletal remains of French philosopher René Descartes, creator of the famous phrase "I think, therefore I am."

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It read like an episode of the old science channel show Connections. Running through all the people and scientists who were involved with the remains of Descartes, connections were made with all the associated scientific discoveries of each individual discussed. Interesting read from a history of science perspective.

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