Blaise Pascal--scientist, theologian, philosopher, and rhetorician--was born in Clermont, in Auvergne, on 19 June 1623. Few writers of the seventeenth century have been as subject to hagiographic treatment. Those texts, which range from direct...

Although Blaise Pascal can be seen in retrospect as an important scientist in his time, he was a controversial figure to his contemporaries. There is no doubt that Pascal was of a superior intelligence, but he was a modest man, embarrassed by his own...

Although Blaise Pascal can be seen in retrospect as an important scientist in his time, he was a controversial figure to his contemporaries. There is no doubt that Pascal was of a superior intelligence, but he was a modest man, embarrassed by his own...

The French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a precocious and influential mathematical writer, a master of the French language, and a great religious philosopher. Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont-Ferrand on June 19, 1623. He was...

In his short life, Blaise Pascal was able to make major contributions to many of the fields of science that were rapidly developing in the seventeenth century, including projective geometry probability theory, and hydraulics. He also developed one of...

In his short life, Blaise Pascal was able to make major contributions to many of the fields of science that were rapidly developing in the seventeenth century, including projective geometry probability theory, and hydraulics. He also developed one of...