Rene Descartes

Descartes was educated at the Jesuit college of La Flche in Anjou.By 1628 Descartes tired of the continual travelling and decided to settle down.In Holland Descartes had a number of scientific friends as well as continued contact with Mersenne.Only mathematics, Descartes feels, is certain, so all must be based on mathematics.However many scientists were opposed to Descartes' ideas including Arnauld, Hobbes and Gassendi.Descartes did not believe in action at a distance.However Descartes' mechanics leaves much to be desired.In 1644, the year his Meditations were published, Descartes visited France.In 1649 Queen Christina of Sweden persuaded Descartes to go to Stockholm.Born: 31 March 1596 in La Haye (now Descartes) ,Touraine, France.