In their following meetings he convinced Descartes to devote his studies to a mathematical approach to nature, and in 1619, Descartes dedicated one of his first "tractati" to him, the "Compendium Musicae".
In their following meetings Beeckman interested Descartes in his corpuscularian approach to mechanical theory, and convinced him to devote his studies to a mathematical approach to nature. In 1619, Descartes dedicated one of his first "tractati" to him, the "Compendium Musicae".