[Revised entry by Philippe Hamou on June 13, 2022. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] The Minim friar Marin Mersenne (1588 – 1648) played a central role in French intellectual life of the first half of the seventeenth century. At a time when scientific periodicals were still sorely lacking, he was rightly referred to as “The Read More

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