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'''Marin Mersenne''' (8 September 1588 - 1 September 1648) was a [[France|French]] [[theologian]], [[philosopher]], and [[mathematician]]. He is best known amongst mathematicians for his search for a formula to generate [[prime number]]s, based on what are now known as "Mersenne numbers." However, he was also influential in publicizing and disseminating the work of some of the greatest thinkers of his age.

'''Marin Mersenne''' (September 8, 1588 - September 1, 1648) was a [[France|French]] [[theologian]], [[philosopher]], and [[mathematician]]. He is best known amongst mathematicians for his search for a formula to generate [[prime number]]s, based on what are now known as "Mersenne numbers." However, he was also influential in publicizing and disseminating the work of some of the greatest thinkers of his age.

==Biography==

==Biography==

Mersenne also requested that, after his death, an autopsy be performed on his body, thus making sure he serviced science until the very end.<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm</ref>

Mersenne also requested that, after his death, an autopsy be performed on his body, thus making sure he serviced science until the very end.<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm</ref>

==Published Works==

==Published Works<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm ''New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia'']</ref>==

Mersenne's works include: <ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10209b.htm</ref>

* "Quæstiones celeberrimæ in Genesim" (Paris, 1623), treatise against Atheists and Deists; only a part has been published, the rest still in manuscript form

* "Quæstiones celeberrimæ in Genesim" (Paris, 1623), treatise against Atheists and Deists; only a part has been published, the rest still in manuscript form

*"L'impiété des déistes et des plus subtils libertins découverte et réfutée par raisons de théologie et de philosophie" (Paris, 1624); "La vérité des sciences contre les sceptiques et les pyrrhoniens" (Paris, 1625);

*"L'impiété des déistes et des plus subtils libertins découverte et réfutée par raisons de théologie et de philosophie" (Paris, 1624); "La vérité des sciences contre les sceptiques et les pyrrhoniens" (Paris, 1625);