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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 ]
Commemorative plaque for the 350th anniversary of the launch of the carrosses à cinq sols in Paris; this plaque is located in Clermont-Ferrand, the birthplace of Blaise Pascal. The carrosses à cinq sols (English: five-sol coaches) were the first modern form of public transport in the world, developed by mathematician and philosopher Blaise ...
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.
Second edition of Blaise Pascal's Pensées, 1670. The Pensées (Thoughts) is a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work. [1]
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Blaise Pascal is a Canadian singer-songwriter who was active in the early 2000s. [1] Although she released only one album, 2000's Hairspray , she was a Juno Award nominee for Songwriter of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2001 for her songs "Angel Baby", "10 Feet High" and "Rush".