Shorto, Russell. <br/><br/>
Descartes' bones :  a skeletal history of the conflict between faith and reason / 
Russell Shorto. 
 - New York :  Doubleday,  c2008. 
 - xx, 299 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index. 
<br/><br/>The man who died -- Banquet of bones -- Unholy relics -- The misplaced head -- Cranial capacity -- Habeas corpus -- A modern face. 
<br/><br/> The best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World chronicles the more than three-hundred-year debate between religion and science as revealed through the long and momentous odyssey of the skeletal remains of French philosopher René Descartes, creator of the famous phrase &quot;I think, therefore I am.&quot; 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385517539 038551753X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008001932 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Descartes, René, 1596-1650. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Faith.<br/>Reason.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B1875  / .S495 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>194 SHO