Recognized as the father of analytic geometry, René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Kids will love this funny and very accessible tale - based on one of math's greatest myths - about the man who popularized the Cartesion system of coordinates.
Rene Descartes is a great thinker. But he does have one big problem. He is very messy. In fact, his house is so messy that he can't find a single thing! The answer to his problem begins with the fly on the ceiling!
Can't sleep? Count sheep! Still Awake? Count kangaroos and monkeys, too! Where will the counting end?'