1. Early Life and Learning 2. Brief Survey of Descartes’ Scientific Work 3. The Discours de La Méthode 4. La Dioptrique 5. Les Météores 6. Introduction to La Géométrie 7. La Géométrie Book 1: Problems Which Can Be Constructed by Means of Circles and Straight Lines Only 8. La Géométrie Book 2: On the Nature of Curves 9. La Géométrie Book 3: The Construction of Solid and Super-solid Problems 10. The Principia Philosophiæ 1: The Principles of Human Knowledge 2: The Principles of Material Things 11. The The Principia Philosophiæ 3: Of the Visible World 12. The Principia Philosophiæ 4: The Earth 13. Conclusion: Importance of Descartes’ Work in the History of Science
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