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Blaise Pascal [a] (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen .
Pascaline (also known as the arithmetic machine or Pascal's calculator) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal was led to develop a calculator by the laborious arithmetical calculations required by his father's work as the supervisor of taxes in Rouen , France. [ 2 ]
The style of the book has been described as aphoristic, [3] or by Peter Kreeft as more like a collection of "sayings" than a book. [4]Pascal is sceptical of cosmological arguments for God's existence and says that when religious people present such arguments they give atheists "ground for believing that the proofs of our religion are very weak". [5]
Blaise Pascal on Christian and Jew. Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey. November 26, 2023 at 2:43 AM. This year’s Thanksgiving Day—November 23—was not only our national day of ...
In the letters, Pascal's tone combines the fervor of a convert with the wit and polish of a man of the world. Their style meant that, quite apart from their religious influence, the Provincial Letters were popular as a literary work. Adding to that popularity was Pascal's use of humor, mockery, and satire in his arguments.
[3] [2] Philosopher Nick Bostrom later elaborated the thought experiment in the form of a fictional dialogue. [2] Subsequently, other authors published their own sequels to the events of this first dialogue, adopting the same literary style. [4] [5] In Bostrom's description, [2] Blaise Pascal is accosted by a mugger who has forgotten their ...
[2] Marguerite was the niece and goddaughter of Blaise Pascal. [1] Her father was interested in mathematics and collaborated with Blaise Pascal in various scientific experiments. He would publish some of Pascal's treatises after Pascal died. [3] Marguerite was placed in the care of Port-Royal Abbey, Paris, in January 1654. Since the previous ...
Pascal's barrel is the name of a hydrostatics experiment allegedly performed by Blaise Pascal in 1646. [9] In the experiment, Pascal supposedly inserted a long vertical tube into an (otherwise sealed) barrel filled with water. When water was poured into the vertical tube, the increase in hydrostatic pressure caused the barrel to burst. [9]