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Descartes’ Fly Isn’t Math
The author argues that the story of the fly that inspired René Descartes to invent Cartesian coordinates has no reliable basis, and that linking it to modern mathematics is part of the “European miracle” narrative. This narrative, the author says, attributes the development of science to the genius of an individual European while overlooking its cumulative, collective nature.
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