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Blaise Pascal - College Essays

Blaise Pascal

Grade 11 Math Essay -
by Toni Lintunen
Introduction

Blaise Pascal was born on June 19, 1623 in Clermont Ferrand. His
nationality was french. He died in 1662. He was credited for his
imaginative and subtle work in geometry and other branches of mathematics.
His work influenced later generations of theologians and philosophers,
helping make mathematics what it is today. Blaise Pascal is considered part
of the foundation of the very heart of mathematics.

History

At age 12 he mastered Euclid's Elements. In 1645, he invented and
sold the first adding machine. His study of hydrostatics led to the
invention of the syringe and hydraulic press. At age ...

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abandoned the study of mathematics due to poor health.
He lived in Paris for a while in a frivolous manner as a break. His
interest in probability theory of the odds in gambling games lead him to
discover the Theory of probability in conjunction with Pierre de Fermat.
This theory dealt with the actuarial, mathematical, social statistics, and
calculations used in today's modern theoretical physics. At the end of
1654, after several months of depression, Pascal had a life altering
religious experience. He entered the Jansenist monastery in Port Royal.
Here, he never published his own name again in his mathematical studies. He
wrote a pseudonym to help in the struggle against the Jesuits for the
defense of the Jansenist, Antoine Arnauld. In 1658, he broke with the
Jansenists, and left the monastery. Pascal died on August 19, 1662 from
cancer, at age 39. In his life, his most famous work was perhaps Pensees
(thoughts). This was a set of deeply personal meditations in a ...

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