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Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)
Educated by his father (after whom the limaçon of pascal is named), pascal showed his intellectual prowess early on by proving one of the most important
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Extractions: A French mathematician, philosopher, and pioneer of probability theory limaçon of Pascal is named), Pascal showed his intellectual prowess early on by proving one of the most important theorems in projective geometry at the age of 16. Three years later he devised the world's second mechanical calculating machine (the first was made by Wilhelm Schickard in 1623) to help with his father's business; he sold about 50 of these "Pascalines," several of which survive. In 1654, he and Pierre de Fermat , in an exchange of correspondence, laid the foundation for the theory of probability. They considered the dice problem, already studied by Girolamo Cardano , and the problem of points also considered by Cardano and, around the same time, by Luca Pacioli and Niccoló Tartaglia . The dice problem asks how many times one can expect to throw a pair of dice before getting a double six; the problem of points asks how to divide the stakes if a game of dice is incomplete. Pascal and Fermat solved the problem of points for a two-player game but didn't develop powerful enough methods to solve it for three or more players. In the same year, Pascal was almost killed in an incident in which the horses pulling his carriage bolted and the carriage was left hanging over a bridge above the river Seine. Though rescued unharmed, he shortly after converted to the rigorous Jansenist sect of the Catholic Church. His philosophical work
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Extractions: by Peter Kreeft Blaise Pascal Texts: Blaise Pascal Texts: Pensees Used Books: Blaise Pascal ... Pascal Biography Site maintained by Ireland's Trinity College features a biography of the famous French mathematician. From `A Short Account of the History of Mathematics' (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball. Excerpt: Among the contemporaries of Descartes none displayed greater natural genius than Pascal, but his mathematical reputation rests more on what he might have done than on what he actually effected, as during a considerable part of his life he deemed it his duty to devote his whole time to religious exercises. Blaise Pascal Elements , a book which Pascal read with avidity and soon mastered.
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Extractions: Great quotes to inspire, empower and motivate you to live the life of your dreams and become the person you've always wanted to be! A nimals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion. T he last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. T he war existing between the senses and reason. W e like to be deceived. E arnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. F aith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other. T he charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. H abit is the second nature which destroys the first. I magination decides everything. K ind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. W e only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. T o go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. N othing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. T he origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.
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BIOGRAPHY Blaise Pascal
pascal, blaise (162362), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, considered one of the great minds in Western intellectual history.
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Extractions: Influences Education Career Ideas and Contributions Pascal was one of the most notable mathematicians and physicists of 17th century and a renowned writer of mystical Christian literature. Together with Pierre de Fermat, Pascal worked out the mathematical theory of probability to help Fermat why he lost money at dice. Probability is used in actuarial, mathematical, and social statistics and for calculations in theoretical physics. He also deduced Pascal's law of fluids and investigated geometric infinitesimals. "His methodology reflected his emphasis on empirical experimentation as opposed to analytical, a priori [deductive] methods, and he believed that human progress is perpetuated by the accumulation of scientific discoveries resulting from such experimentation." ( Microsoft Encarta Because behavioral events are eminently uncertain, Pascal's work was of utmost importance to the development of psychology as a science, especially after subsequent elaboration of this work by men such as Christian Huygens, Abraham de Moivre, Adolphe Qu,telet, Karl Gauss, and Francis Galton. (Zusne, 326)
Biography: Blaise Pascal, Scientist And Religious Writer (21 August 1662)
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Extractions: 21 August 1662 Blaise Pascal died 19 August 1662. He is remembered on 21 August. Blaise Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand (45:47 N 3:05 E), France, on 19 June 1623. His mother died when he was three, and he was home-schooled by his father, who had connections with Mersenne, Fermat, and Descartes. In his late teens (or possibly early twenties) Pascal invented a mechanical calculator, the first of its kind. When he was about 30, Pascal got into discussions with Fermat about the mathematics of gambling. As a result, he devised what is called Pascal's Triangle, an array of numbers which begins as shown here. Each number is the sum of the two numbers immediately above it. In the row with n+1 numbers in it, the numbers add up to 2 to the power n, and represent the number of ways of getting various numbers of heads out of n coin tosses. Thus, with four coin tosses, we see from the numbers 1 4 6 4 1 (which add up to 16) that when four coins are tossed there are 16 possible outcomes, 1 producing no head, 4 producing 1 head, 6 producing 2 heads, 4 producing 3 heads and 1 producing 4 heads. Lest this seem to be of interest only to gamblers, we note that many events in nature are the result of a number of causes whose presence or absence has the apparent randomness of a coin toss. Thus the formulas derived from Pascal's insights are important not only to gamblers but to insurance companies and statisticians.
Great Books Index - Blaise Pascal
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Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662
A biography of blaise pascal (16231662) with excerpts from his writings.
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Extractions: Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662 We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put some thing before us to prevent us seeing it. The French mathematician, theologian, physicist and man-of-letters, Blaise Pascal, was born June 19 at Clermont-Ferrand, the son of the local president of the court of exchequer. Pascal's mother died in 1630 and the family moved to Paris, where his father, a prominent mathematician, personally undertook his children's education. Unlike the famous education of John Stuart Mill, the young Pascal was not allowed to begin a subject until his father thought he could easily master it. Consequently it was discovered that the eleven year old boy had worked out for himself in secret the first twenty-three propositions of Euclid, calling straight lines "bars" and circles "rounds." At sixteen he published a paper on solid geometry which Descartes refused refused to believe was the handiwork of a youth. Father an son collaborated in experiments to confirm Torricelli's theory, unpalatable the the Schoolmen, that nature does, after all, not abhor a vacuum. These experiments, carried out by Pascal's brother-in-law, Florin Périer, consisted in carrying up the Puy de Dôme two glass tubes containing mercury, inverted in a bath of mercury and noting the fall of the mercury columns with increased altitude. Again, Descartes disbelieved the principle, which Pascal fully described in three papers on the void published in 1647, when he also patented a calculating machine, later simplified by Leibniz, which he had built to assist his father in his accounts. Pascal was also led to invent the barometer, the hydraulic press and the syringe.
Blaise Pascal Quotes
blaise pascal Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
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Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) - Find A Grave Memorial
Death, Aug. 19, 1662. Scientist, mathematician, physician, writer and philosopher. Search Amazon for blaise pascal. Burial Saint EtienneDu-Mont
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Blaise Pascal's Arithmetic Machine
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Extractions: Blaise Pascal's Arithmetic Machine As fate would have it, determining who invented the first mechanical calculator is somewhat problematical. Many references cite the French mathematician, physicist, and theologian, Blaise Pascal as being credited with the invention of the first operational calculating machine. Courtesy of IBM In 1640, Pascal started developing a device to help his father add sums of money. The first operating model, the Arithmetic Machine, was introduced in 1642, and Pascal created fifty more devices over the next ten years. (In 1658, Pascal created a scandal when, under the pseudonym of Amos Dettonville, he challenged other mathematicians to a contest and then awarded the prize to himself!) a However, Pascal's device could only add and subtract, while multiplication and division operations were implemented by performing a series of additions or subtractions. In fact the Arithmetic Machine could really only add, because subtractions were performed using complement techniques, in which the number to be subtracted is first converted into its complement, which is then added to the first number. Interestingly enough, modern computers employ similar complement techniques. a See also: Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical calculator John Napier and Napier's Bones Wilhelm Schickard's mechanical calculator Gottfried von Libniz's Step Reckoner ... The invention of the slide rule a
Pascal's Pensees -Table Of Contents
Table of Contents for pascal s Pensees, a digital book in the International School of Theology s Cyber Library which is a digital by blaise pascal
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Pensees By Blaise Pascal
1660 PENSEES by blaise pascal translated by W. F. Trotter SECTION I THOUGHTS ON MIND AND ON STYLE 1. The difference between the mathematical and the
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