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Marin Mersenne, 1588-1648. Early Modern French priest and philosopher. He corresponded widely and was a close friend of Descartes. He is remembered today largely for his contributions to number theory, especially the theory of Mersenne primes.

Resources in This Category

• Catalog of the Scientific Community: Mersenne, Marin

  http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/mersenne.html
  Basic biographical facts compiled as part of the Galileo Project.

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Marin Mersenne

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm
  Article by C.A. Dubray reviewing the intellectual career of this learned Minim friar.

• Horror Vacui? Marin Mersenne

  http://www.imss.fi.it/vuoto/emerse.html
  Brief article focusing on Mersenne's role in the early scientific debate on this problem of the vacuum.

• Luke's Marin Mersenne Page

  http://primes.utm.edu/mersenne/LukeMirror/mersenne.htm
  A collection of pages and links concerned with this philosopher, mathematician and scientist.

• Marin Mersenne

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Mersenne.html
  Biography of the Minim friar and his contributions to number theory. Includes references, pictures, and cross-references to other topics.

• Marin Mersenne

  http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/periodictable/html/Mn.html
  Concise biography.

• Wikipedia: Marin Mersenne

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Mersenne
  Entry from this openly-edited online reference tool.

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• Home > Science > Math > Number Theory > Prime Numbers > Mersenne
• Home > Society > Philosophy > History of Philosophy > Early Modern
• Home > Society > Philosophy > Philosophers > D > Descartes, René

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