Rene descartes, 1596 was born in Dulan, France on March 2 1. When I was a teenager, I studied at the famous Jesuit College in Ravelle, and laid a solid foundation in mathematics and astronomy. 16 13 entered the university of Poti, 16 16 graduated, majoring in law. He doesn't need to be a lawyer because of his rich family. At the same time, because of his aversion to scholasticism and theology, he left France from 16 18 and traveled to various European countries, including Holland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

16 18 years, he met the physicist Isaac beekman. Encouraged by beekman, Descartes began to study pure mathematics, which had a great influence on his later establishment of analytic geometry. When Descartes traveled to Germany in 1620, the idea of coordination between natural science disciplines came into being.

Descartes returned to France on 1625 and began to devote himself to scientific research activities. In order to obtain good conditions, from 65438 to 0628, he settled in the Netherlands, where the society was relatively stable and his thoughts were relatively free. After that, I didn't leave Holland until 1649 except for a few short trips to France. In Holland, he completed many famous works, such as On the World by 1629- 1633, Metaphysical Meditation by 164 1 and Philosophical Principles by 1644. 1649, at the invitation of Queen Christina, Descartes went to Stockholm as a resident court philosopher. Unfortunately, he died on 1 1 in February, 65438. At the age of 54. 1799 After the French Revolution, Descartes' ashes were sent to the French Museum of History.