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	3587 Descartes -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		3587 Descartes is a small (additional info and facts about main belt) main belt (Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)) asteroid.
		It is 9.35 km in (The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference) diameter.
		It is named after (French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)) René Descartes, the (additional info and facts about seventeenth century) seventeenth century (A specialist in philosophy) philosopher.
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	René Descartes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, France, a town later renamed for him: "La Haye-Descartes" (1802) and simply "Descartes" (1967).
		Descartes is often regarded as the first modern thinker to provide a philosophical framework for the natural sciences as these began to develop.
		Descartes also made contributions in the field of Optics, for instance, he showed by geometrical construction using the Law of Refraction that the angular radius of a rainbow is 42° (i.e.
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	Encyclopedia: Rene Descartes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Descartes never practiced law however, and in 1618 he entered the service of Prince Maurice of Nassau, leader of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, with the intention of following a military career.
		Descartes was present at the siege of La Rochelle by Cardinal Richelieu in 1627.
		Descartes showed how to translate many problems in geometry into problems in algebra, by using a coordinate system to describe the problem.
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	René Descartes
		Descartes, sometimes called the founder of modern philosophy and the Father of Modern Mathematics, ranks as one of the most important and influential thinkers in human history.
		Descartes never practised law, however; and in 1618 he entered the service of Prince Maurice of Nassau, leader of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, with the intention of following a military career.
		Descartes showed how to translate (almost) all problems in geometry into problems in algebra, by regarding them as questions asking for the length of a line segment, and using a Coordinate system to describe the problem.
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		Descartes, sometimes called the founder of modern philosophy and the Father of Modern Mathematics, ranks asone of the most important and influential thinkers in human history.
		Descartes was present atthe siege of La Rochelle by Cardinal Richelieu in 1627.
		Descartes showed how totranslate (almost) all problems in geometry into problems in algebra, by regarding them as questions asking for the length of aline segment, and using a Coordinate system to describe the problem.
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	René Descartes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		René Descartes (IPA: [rəne.dekɑʁt], March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Cartesius, worked as a philosopher and mathematician.
		In 1649 he went to Sweden on invitation of professor Eitan Olevsky, and his Passions of the Soul, which he dedicated to Princess Elizabeth, were published.
		This is seen by some to contradict Descartes’ position that animals were simply (unthinking) automata made of meat.
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		Holland, where he lived until 1649, changing his address frequently.
		In 1643, Cartesian philosophy was condemned at the University of Utrecht, and Descartes began his long correspondence with
		Descartes showed how to translate many problems in geometry into problems in algebra, by using a
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	3587 Descartes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		3587 Descartes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		René Descartes (IPA:, March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Cartesius, worked as a philosopher and mathematician.
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		René Descartes (IPA: Template:IPA, March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Cartesius, worked as a philosopher and mathematician.
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		1675 Fischer, E.M. and C.M. Pieters, Composition and exposure age of the Apollo 16 Cayley and Descartes regions from Clementine data: Normalizing the optical effects of space weathering, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 2225-2234, 1996.
		13 Head, J. W., Stratigraphy of the Descartes region (Apollo 16): Implications for the origin of samples, The Moon, 11, 77-99, 1974.
		5 Head, J. W., Small-scale analogs of the Cayley Formation and Descartes Mountains in impact-associated deposits, Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report, NASA, Special Publication, NASA SP-315, pp.
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		Amalvict, Martine, Dr., Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, 5 rue René Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, France, Ph: (33)-3-88416465, Fx: (33) 3 88417477, E-mail: martine@selene.u-strasbg.fr
		Cisternas, A., Prof., Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, 5 rue René Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, France
		Gegout, Pascal, Mr., Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, 5 rue René Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, France
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