When I was a history major at Haverford College , I spent countless hours with old documents at Magill Library. It was one of the best parts of the Haverford experienceâ€"studying and researching with a great collection of musty works. Little did I or any other student know at the time that as we worked, we sat a few feet away from an international mystery involving none other than René Descartes . It reads like a historical thriller.