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Author:

Shorto, Russell.

Title:

Descartes' bones : a skeletal history of the conflict between faith and reason / Russell Shorto.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xx, 299 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Descartes, René,--1596-1650.
Faith.
Reason.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index.

Contents:

The man who died -- Banquet of bones -- Unholy relics -- The misplaced head -- Cranial capacity -- Habeas corpus -- A modern face.

Summary:

The best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World chronicles the more than three-hundred-year debate between religion and science as revealed through the long and momentous odyssey of the skeletal remains of French philosopher René Descartes, creator of the famous phrase "I think, therefore I am."

ISBN:

038551753X
9780385517539

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191758305

LCCN:

2008001932

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)