Rene` Descartes was born in La Haye, Touraine(a former province of France) March 31, 1596. He spent all of his childhood in France. His father was a minor nobleman and counsillor of the Parliament of Brittany, his title was noblesse de la robe. Descartes mother was not as prominate as her husband but she was quite wealthy. The nationality of both his parents is French. His religion was Roman Catholic. In 1606 at the age of eight …showed first 75 words of 751 total…

…showed last 75 words of 751 total…would not be complete if someone didn’t make contributions. Many things wouldn’t be possible if not for him many of the activities we do today are related to Descartes not only in the mathematical sense but in the philosophy, and science sense. So in conclusion my personal opinion of Descartes and how important is he to mathematics and the world, he is a very large part of it and very important to it.