DESCARTES' BONES; A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
by Shorto, Russell
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 038551753X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385517539
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2008. Paperback. Good+. 6 x 9, 286 pgs. The strange history of the 350-year-long debate between religion and science as seen through the oddly momentous journey of the skull and bones of the great French philosopher Rene Descartes. Slight damp wrinkling to pages near front of book.
Synopsis
RUSSELL SHORTO is the bestselling author of The Island at the Center of the World and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. He lives in Amsterdam.
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- High-Lonesome Books (US)
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- 31110
- Title
- DESCARTES' BONES; A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
- Author
- Shorto, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 038551753X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385517539
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
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