Blaise Pascal
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Philosophy, Religion, Ethics, Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Mathematics, Mathematicians, Scientists, Inventors, Physics, Physicists
- Curriculum: French History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: Pascal was a man of genius in many areas, who made important contributions to mathematics and physics and invented an early form of the calculator. His major contribution, however, is the record of his religious and philosophical struggle to reconcile human experience, God, and the quest for happiness and meaning.
Early Life
Blaise Pascal was the third child of Étienne Pascal, a government financial bureaucrat, and Antoinette (Begon), who died when Pascal was about three. After his mother’s death, Pascal and his family moved to...
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