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The World - Treatise On Light

Traité du monde et de la lumière by René Descartes (1596–1650) was written between 1629 and 1633.
The Planets the Earth and Moon
Chapter 10
The Planets the Earth and Moon →
How are the Orbits of the Moons Formed?
Chapter 10b
How are the Orbits of the Moons Formed? →
What Gives Objects Their Weight?
Chapter 11
What Gives Objects Their Weight? →
The Balance Between the Aethers
Chapter 11b
The Balance Between the Aethers →
The Ebb and Flow of the Sea
Chapter 12
The Ebb and Flow of the Sea →
Cartesian Inertia and Gravitation
Chapter 13
Cartesian Inertia and Gravitation →
Solar Wind and Black Holes
Chapter 13b
Solar Wind and Black Holes →
Supermassive Black Holes as Galactic Vortices
Chapter 13c
Supermassive Black Holes as Galactic Vortices →
The Properties of Light
Chapter 14
The Properties of Light →
The Aether and Gravitational Lensing
Chapter 15
The Aether and Gravitational Lensing →
Comets
Chapter 15b
Comets →
Footnotes
Footnotes →