
Although Ren Descartes' (1596-1650) is best remembered today for writing I think, therefore, I am, his unique contribution to the history of ideas was his effort to construct a philosophy that would be sympathetic to the new sciences that emerged in the seventeenth century...

'I think, therefore I am' - words by Descartes that will forever be etched in our memories. An A+ biography to have on all book shelves this holiday season. It is the first biography that addresses the full range of Descartes' interests and traces his intellectual development...