Mercenary - working on math, physics, & Musicae Compendium
1618 AD joined
In accordance with his ambition to become a professional military officer in 1618, Descartes joined, as a mercenary, the Protestant Dutch States Army in Breda under the command of Maurice of Nassau.
He undertakes a formal study of military engineering, as established by Simon Stevin. Descartes, therefore, received much encouragement to advance his knowledge of mathematics.
In this way, he became acquainted with Isaac Beeckman, the principal of a Dordrecht school, for whom he wrote the Compendium of Music (not published until 1650).
Together, they worked on free fall, catenary, conic section, and fluid statics. Both believed that it was necessary to create a method that thoroughly linked mathematics and physics.
Subjects Who or What joined?
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René Descartes French-born philosopher,...
Objects To Whom or What was joined?
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Netherlands Nation
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