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Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. A child prodigy educated by his father, his early work was in the natural and applied sciences. In mathematics, he made significant contributions to projective geometry, probabilities, and combinatorial mathematics. In physics, he studied fluids, clarifying the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli. After a mystical experience in 1654, he abandoned his scientific work and devoted himself to philosophy and theology. From this period, two books are mostly remembered: Lettres provinciales and Pensées.
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Replica made by E. Rognon, Paris of Blaise Pascal's first calculating machine of 1642, held by the Conservatoire National de Art et Metiers, Paris.The original machine was completed in 1642 when Pascal was only 19, to help his father in business. It was designed for addition and subtraction using a stylus to move the number wheels. Although it became well-known it could not be mass produced.
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Born in Clermont-Ferrand, in the Auvergne region of France, Blaise Pascal lost his mother, Antoinette Begon, at the age of three. His father, Étienne Pascal (1588–1651), was a local judge and member of the "noblesse de robe", who ... had an interest in science and mathematics. Pascal had two sisters, the younger Jacqueline and the elder Gilberte.
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Born in Clermont-Ferrand, in the Auverne region of France, Blaise Pascal lost his mother, Antoinette Begon, at the age of three. His father, Étienne Pascal (1588–1651), was a local judge and member of the petite noblesse, who ... had an interest in science and mathematics. Blaise Pascal was brother to Jacqueline Pascal the youngest sibling and Gilberte, the eldest of the three.
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Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont, Auvergne, France on June 19, 1628. He was the son of Etienne Pascal, his father, and Antoinette Begone, his mother who died when Blaise was only four years old. After her death, his only family was his father and his two sisters, Gilberte, and Jacqueline, both of whom played key roles in Pascal’s life. When Blaise was seven he moved from Clermont with his father and sisters to Paris. It was at this time that his father began to school his son. Though being strong intellectually, Blaise had a pathetic physique.
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Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont-Ferrand, France, on June 19, 1623. His father, Étienne, was a civil servant and served as king's counselor. Blaise's mother, Antoinette, died in 1626. Blaise was three years old at the time and had two sisters, Gilberte and Jacqueline. In 1631 the family moved to Paris, France.
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