TY - BOOK AU - Thomson, Garrett. TI - On Descartes SN - 534575935 AV - B 1875 .T383 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning N2 - Considers hyperbolic doubt in search for thruth. Explains connection between geometry and algebra which allowed for the solving of geometrical problems by way of algebraic equations. His conception of matter allowed the accounting of physical phenomena by way of mechanical explanation ER -