Dioptrique

La dioptrique (in English Dioptrique, Optics, or Dioptrics) is a short treatise by René Descartes. It was published in 1637 included in one of the Essays written with Discourse on the Method. In this essay Descartes uses various models to understand the properties of light. This essay is known as Descartes' greatest contribution to optics, as it is the first publication of the Law of Refraction.^[1]

^ Osler, Margaret J (2010). Reconfiguring the World: Nature, God, and Human Understanding from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Europe. Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 105–110. ISBN 978-0-8018-9656-9.

[1] Osler, Margaret J (2010). Reconfiguring the World: Nature, God, and Human Understanding from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Europe. Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 105–110. ISBN 978-0-8018-9656-9.

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