Centuries later, the philosopher Rene Descartes proposed that the universe was a series of whirlpools, which he called vortices, and that each star was at the center of a whirlpool.
Des siècles plus tard,  le philosophe René Descartes proposa que l'univers était composé  d'un ensemble de tourbillons, ou vortex, et que chaque étoile était  au centre d'un tourbillon.