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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.

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

Luke's Marin Mersenne Page A collection of pages and links concerned with this philosopher, mathematician and scientist. www.utm.edu/research/primes/mersenne/LukeMirror/mersenne.htm

Marin Mersenne Concise biography. www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/periodictable/html/Mn.html

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

Horror Vacui? Marin Mersenne Brief article focusing on Mersenne's role in the early scientific debate on this problem of the vacuum. galileo.imss.firenze.it/vuoto/emerse.html

Biographies of Mathematicians: Marin Mersenne Reviews his life and mathematical contributions. www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/biomerse.htm

The Bassoons in Marin Mersenne's Harmonie universelle Scholarly paper by Richard Semmens, reconstructing the history of early modern woodwind instruments with reference to Mersenne's text. https://www.idrs.org/Publications/DR/DR10.2/DR10.2.Semm.html

Wikipedia: Marin Mersenne Entry from this openly-edited online reference tool. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Mersenne