This mathematician is very famous. He is Descartes. Strictly speaking, he is not only a mathematician, but also a great philosopher and scientist. He is the founder of modern materialism and one of the pioneers of modern philosophy.
Believe what everyone says to him? I think therefore I am? No stranger, inspired countless people. At the same time, it is also the starting point and? General suspicion? The end of.
Three days and three nights can't finish talking about Descartes' academic achievements, but today I want to tell a beautiful love story that Descartes experienced.
Descartes is a rich man in spirit, but he is also a poor man in essence. He did this until his later years, especially after he devoted all his energy to mathematics in his later years. Few people can really understand him.
1650, 52-year-old Descartes took his basic math book and sat on the street in Stockholm. He was immersed in the world of mathematics and completely forgot the people around him.
At this time, the girl who was already wearing a gorgeous blonde shawl was staring at him with wide eyes, but Descartes didn't notice at all.
This girl is a Swedish princess. She was returning from studying abroad and happened to meet Descartes when she was about to return to the palace. The princess looked at Descartes with a math book and was curious, because she also liked math. The princess wanted to see what the tramp had learned. So he offered to say hello to Descartes.
Descartes only came to his senses when he heard someone calling him. After a cordial greeting, they began to discuss the mathematical problems on Descartes' paper. The princess was amazed at Descartes' profound knowledge, and even the best math professor she talked about was less than one tenth of Descartes'.
The princess took Descartes back to the palace and asked her father to hire him as her math teacher. This is how they met. Descartes appreciated the princess's quick thinking, and the princess also liked Descartes who read widely. Unconsciously, the two had a special feeling, and they clearly realized that this was love.
However, the news that the princess and Descartes were in love soon reached the king's ears through her handmaid. He immediately locked Descartes up and ordered his execution. Fortunately, the princess forced the king to release Descartes by death, but she just sent him back to France.
After returning to France, 52-year-old Descartes soon fell ill because he missed the princess so much. At the end of his life, he wrote a love letter and sent it to Sweden. This love letter is not a pledge of eternal love, but a simple equation: r=a( 1-sin? )。
After the love letter was sent to Sweden, it reached the king at the first time, but the king invited all the top mathematicians in the country and did not uncover the meaning of the equation. The princess shed tears after reading it.
It turns out that this equation is a heart-shaped diagram drawn by graphics. What Descartes wants to express is that his initial heart for the princess has never changed. How can he keep watching Descartes' Princess without crying? But when the princess was desperate to find Descartes, Descartes was already dead.