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Van Schooten published a Latin version of La Géométrie in 1649 and this was followed by three other editions in 1659−1661, 1683 and 1693. The 1659−1661 edition was a two volume work more than twice the length of the original filled with explanations and examples provided by van Schooten and his students.
View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the right. Place des Arts (French pronunciation: [plas dez‿aʁ]) is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the largest cultural and artistic complex in Canada. [1]
Centre des arts visuels / Visual Arts Centre; Institut de création artistique et de recherche en infographie; Academy of Fine Arts of Quebec/ L’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Québec; Syn Studio École d’art / Art School
1637. Discours de la méthode (Discourse on the Method). An introduction to the Essais, which include the Dioptrique, the Météores and the Géométrie. 1637. La Géométrie (Geometry). Descartes's major work in mathematics. There is an English translation by Michael Mahoney (New York: Dover, 1979). 1641.
Discours de la Méthode at Project Gutenberg (édition Victor Cousin, Paris 1824) Discours de la méthode, par Adam et Tannery, Paris 1902. (academic standard edition of the original text, 1637), Pdf, 80 pages, 362 kB. Contains Discourse on the Method, slightly modified for easier reading; Free audiobook at librivox.org or at audioofclassics
Sébastien Leclerc or Le Clerc ([baptized] 26 September 1637— 25 October 1714) was a French artist from the Duchy of Lorraine.He specialized in subtle reproductive drawings, etchings, and engravings of paintings; and worked mostly in Paris, where he was counseled by the King's painter, Charles Le Brun, to devote himself entirely to engraving. [1]
René Descartes promotes intellectual rigour in Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences and introduces the Cartesian coordinate system in its appendix La Géométrie (published in Leiden). [1] Pierre de Fermat conjectures Fermat's Last Theorem.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street west .