Euler's Eyes
2026-10-10
History of Mathematics
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Image credits
Images from Wikimedia Commons, all in the public domain:
- Portrait of Descartes: Frans Hals.
- Method Discourse, 1637.
- Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia: Gerard van Honthorst.
- Descartes and Queen Christina: Nils Forsberg, according to Pierre-Louis Dumesnil.
- Page Geometry e book I of Geometry: René Descartes, 1637.
- Rainbow Figure: René Descartes, The Meteors, 1637.
- Vortices: René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy.
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The images in the part “Descartes and the idea of function” are from the Euler’s Eyes collection. The figures interactives were made for this site.
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