Interesting+Facts

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 * **Graduated from the University of Poitiers in Law in 1616 **
 * **After he graduated, Descartes traveled throughout Europe **
 * **Descartes served in the Military and fought in the battle of White Mountain in 1620 **
 * **He was required to indulge Queen Christina's interst in Philosophy and held tutorials at 5 a.m **
 * **He met a mathematician while in the Military, his name was Isaac Beeckman **
 * **After meeting Isaac Beeckman he was lead to analytic geometry**