Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
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French Mathematician Blaise Pascal did much to set in motion what is known today as modern mathematics. An unusually creative mathematician, he developed a number of theorems and mathematical structures, including the beginnings of probability theory and a more sophisticated understanding of the mostra altro geometry of conic structures. At the age of 16, Pascal wrote a brilliant paper on conics; the paper consisted of one single printed page on which he states his major theorem - the opposite sides of any hexagon inscribed in a cone intersect in a straight line. This theorem led Pascal to develop several hundred related theorems in geometry. Pascal's activities, however, were not confined to pure mathematics. When he was about 19 years old, he built a calculating machine that he demonstrated to the king of France. It worked well enough to allow him to build and sell about 50 of them over a few years' time. His work on problems in atmospheric pressure eventually resulted in an early version of the gas law. At the age of 25, Pascal entered a Jansenist monastery to begin an ascetic life of study and argument. However, he continued his mathematical work. With Pierre de Fermat, Pascal laid the foundation for the theory of probability. In 1654, Pascal's friend, the Chevelier de Mere, had asked him to analyze a problem arising from a game of chance. Pascal in turn exchanged a number of letters with Fermat about the problem. This correspondence became the starting point for a theory of probability. However, neither published the ideas developed in the correspondence. The letters did inspire one of Pascal's contemporaries, Christian Huygens of Holland, to publish in 1657 a short tract on the mathematics of games involving dice. Pascal's name is now attached to "Pascals' Triangle" of binomial coefficients which plays and important role in the study combinations and probability. The triangle was known at least 600 years before Pascal became interested in it, but because of his contributions to its study, the triangle eventually became associated with his name. A sensitive and temperamental man, Pascal was obsessed with religious philosophy, a subject on which he wrote extensively. In his general philosophy he was very much taken with the concept of the infinite, which unsettled him and inspired in him a sense of awe. Over a period of years, he wrote on many religious, philosophical, and mathematical subjects. His notes and letters were edited and published posthumously as his Pensees. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Blaise Pascal
The Mind on Fire: An Anthology of the Writings of Blaise Pascal (Classics of Faith and Devotion) (1989) 268 copie
Pensees: No 1 18 copie
Selected "Pensees" and Provincial Letters/Pensees et Provinciales choisies: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language… (2004) 17 copie
Tankar. 2 11 copie
Gedanken : eine Auswahl 11 copie
The physical treatises of Pascal; the equilibrium of liquids and the weight of the mass of the air (1973) 6 copie
Scientific Treatises 6 copie
Pensées sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets, qui ont esté trouvées après sa mort parmy ses papiers (2011) 6 copie
Pascal 6 copie
Pensamentos escolhidos 5 copie
Coleção Grandes Obras do Pensamento Universal (pascal - Do Espítito Geométrico / Pensamentos) (2006) 5 copie
(Blaise) Pascal Pensées / Brunschvicg / Léon Brunschvicg --- (Edition Lutetia - Nelson Editeurs Paris -… (1949) 4 copie
Les provinciales : (extraits) avec une notice biographique une notice historique et littéraire 3 copie
Blaise Pascal : Oeuvres compltes - annotes et en franais moderne - Arvensa Editions (French Edition) 3 copie
uvres compltes / 3 copie
Tankar och Smärre Skrifter 3 copie
The life of Mr. Paschal with his letters relating to the Jesuits. In two volumes. Translated into English by W. A. (2010) 3 copie
Die Kunst zu überzeugen und die anderen kleineren philosophischen und religiösen Schriften (1963) 3 copie
Pascal 3 copie
Les provinciales : extraits 2 copie
Opuscoli e lettere 2 copie
Oeuvres Completes 2 copie
Myśli oraz Rozprawa o kondycji możnych ; Modlitwa o dobry użytek chorób ; Rozprawa o namiętnościach… (2004) 2 copie
L'œuvre de Pascal 2 copie
Os pensadores: Pascal 2 copie
Gedanken 2 copie
Les provinciales II 2 copie
Thoughts [Part II] 2 copie
Thoughts [Part I] 2 copie
Lettres crites un provincial / 2 copie
Svět Blaise Pascala 2 copie
La morale dei gesuiti 2 copie
Blaise Pascal. Les Provinciales : . Écrits des curés de Paris. Pierre Nicole et Jean Racine. Lettres. Le Père… (1962) 2 copie
Τα πάθη του έρωτα 2 copie
Discours sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets qui ont été trouvés après sa mort parmi ses papiers (1992) 2 copie
Opuscoli e lettere 2 copie
Eloge et Pensees de Pascal: v. 80A (Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire) (Vol 80A) (French Edition) (2008) 2 copie
El la "Pensoj" de Blazio Paskalo 2 copie
Pascal 2 copie
Pascal. Provinciales . Lettres I, II, IV, XIII, publiées avec une notice biographique, une notice… 1 copia
Blaise Pascal. Lettres écrites à un Provincial : . Chronologie et introduction par Antoine Adam (1967) 1 copia
Pensees - Enhanced (Illustrated) 1 copia
Pascal Pens̩es 1 copia
Refleksije u samoći 1 copia
Pensées or, Thoughts on Religion 1 copia
Pascal: Pensamentos 1 copia
Pensées su la religion (2 Vols) 1 copia
Oeuvres De Blaise Pascal, Pub. Suivant L'ordre Chronologique Avec Documents Complémentaires, Introductions Et Notes,… (2012) 1 copia
Pascal. Pensées et Opuscules : . Avec une notice biographique, une notice historique et littéraire, des… (1954) 1 copia
LES PROVINCIALES de Blaise Pascal. Avec une préface et des notes par Auguste Molinier. (2 volumes) 1 copia
Les Pensées de Blaise Pascal. Texte revu sur le manuscrit autographe - Tome I et II - 2 volumes 1 copia
Thoughts on Religion, and Other Curious Subjects. Written Originally in French by Monsieur Pascal. Translated Into… (2018) 1 copia
On Geometrical Demonstration 1 copia
Œuvre 1 copia
L'homme est un roseau pensant: Pensées (Liasses I-XV) (Folio Sagesses) (French Edition) (2016) 1 copia
Lettre à un provincial 1 copia
The Gospel of the Gospels: Abrege De LA Vie De Jesus Christ (Archives of Ancient Art) (English, French and French… (1999) 1 copia
Oeuvres choisies 1 copia
Pensees and The Provincial Letters — Autore — 1 copia
Lettres provinciales 1 copia
Minor Works of Blaise Pascal 1 copia
Misli 1 copia
Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle ; Correspondence with Fermat on the Theory of Probabilities 1 copia
Les provinciales I 1 copia
Pascal - De Store Tænkere 1 copia
Pensieri Lettere provinciali 1 copia
Lettres Provinciales: Book I 1 copia
Pascal. Pensées : Extraits. Avec une notice biographique... des notes... par Robert Barrault 1 copia
Voilà ce que c'est que la foi: 15 textes présentés et commentés par Jean de Saint-Cheron (2023) 1 copia
PENSEES - THE PROVINICAL LETTERS 1 copia
Variety 1 copia
Pensées. Choisies par G. Michaut 1 copia
Pensées - Enhanced Version 1 copia
Sentez 1 copia
Les Provinciales 1 copia
The Penses / 1 copia
Generation of conic sections 1 copia
Scritti sulla grazia 1 copia
Pense¿¿es 1 copia
Myšlenky 1 copia
Pensées, Fragments Et Lettres de Blaise Pascal, Vol. 2: Publiés pour la Première Fois Conformément aux Manuscrits… (2017) 1 copia
Opuscules et lettres de Pascal 1 copia
Das Ich besteht in meinem Denken: Aus den »Gedanken«. [Was bedeutet das alles?] (Reclams… (2017) 1 copia
Thoughts : Letters ; Minor works 1 copia
Selections from the Thoughts of Pascal, translated from the French, with an introduction by Benjamin E. Smith (1902) 1 copia
Oeuvres completes 1 copia
[Pensieri] 2 1 copia
Pascal's apology for religion 1 copia
Pensées de Pascal, publiées d'après le texte authentique... avec des notes... et une notice… (1879) 1 copia
Scrieri alese 1 copia
Prose scientifiche e filosofiche 1 copia
Œuvres, tome IV 1 copia
Œuvres, tome V 1 copia
Tankar : II 1 copia
Pensieri Misero, grande uomo 1 copia
Les provinciales de Pascal 1 copia
Il mistero di Cristo : il Memoriale, il mistero di Gesù, dai Pensieri, compendio della vita di G. C. 1 copia
Blaise Pascal. Pensées et opuscules : Publiés avec une introduction, des notices, des notes par M.… (1946) 1 copia
Pascals Breve 1 copia
Les Provinviales ; Penseés 1 copia
Discours sur les passions de l'amour - avec des vers inédits - collection "Classiques" (1947) 1 copia
De l'esprit géométrique : Ecrits sur la Grâce et autres textes by Blaise Pascal (1993-03-05) (1656) 1 copia
Œuvres de Blaise Pascal 1 copia
Pascal. Pensées et opuscles 1 copia
Le Coeur et ses raisons / Logik des Herzens. Zweisprachig. Auswahl, Übersetzung und Nachwort von Fritz Paepcke. (1963) 1 copia
Pascal. Les Provinciales : Ou les Lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte à un provincial de ses amis et aux RR. PP.… (1965) 1 copia
Pensieri scelta 1 copia
Lettres écrites a un provincial 1 copia
Pensées. Notes on religion and other subjects. Edited with an introduction and notes by Louis Lafuma. Translated… (1961) 1 copia
Selected Thoughts of Blaise Pascal. Translated and edited by Gertrude Burford Rawlings (1900) 1 copia
Tankar 1 1 copia
PENSEES 2 1 copia
Pensees de Blaise Pascal Sur La Religion Et Sur Quelques Autres Sujets... (French Edition) (2012) 1 copia
Pansees, The Provincial Letters 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant (2000) — Collaboratore — 200 copie
The Middle Ages to the 17th Century: Literature of the Western World (1961) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 23 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Pascal, Blaise
- Altri nomi
- Montalte, Louis de
- Data di nascita
- 1623-06-19
- Data di morte
- 1662-08-19
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, France
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- France
- Luogo di nascita
- Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Luogo di morte
- Paris, France
- Luogo di residenza
- Clermont-Ferrand, France
Paris, France
Rouen, France
Port-Royal Abbey, Paris, France - Istruzione
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- Attività lavorative
- mathematician
physicist
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philosopher
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scientist - Relazioni
- Périer-Pascal, Gilberte (zuster)
- Breve biografia
- Blaise Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. His parents were Antoinette Bégon and Étienne Pascal, a local magistrate and presiding judge of the tax court there. He had two sisters, Gilberte and Jacqueline. Their mother died in 1626, when Blaise was three, and a few years later the family moved to Paris. Étienne Pascal, also a mathematician and natural philosopher who was proficient in Latin and Greek, devoted himself to the education of his children, who all showed exceptional abilities. Although often ill and in pain, Blaise proved to be talented in mathematics and science from a young age. In 1640, at age 16. he published an essay on conic sections, Essai pour les coniques, which won praise as an important contribution to the relatively new field of projective geometry. Between 1642 and 1644, Pascal conceived and constructed a calculating device, known as the Pascaline, the world's first mechanical calculator. In 1646, Etienne fell and fractured his leg and seriously injured his hip; he received medical treatment from two brothers who were disciples of Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, abbé de Saint-Cyran and director of the abbey of Port-Royal in Paris. The abbé Saint-Cyran had introduced an austere moral and theological creed known as Jansenism and the whole Pascal family converted. Pascal became devoutly religious and his sister Jacqueline eventually became a Jansenist nun. Over the next few years, Pascal tested the theories of Galileo and of Evangelista Torricelli. In a famous experiment in 1648, he had his brother-in-law take barometric readings at various altitudes on the Puy-de-Dôme, the highest mountain in the Auvergne, so he could test Torricelli's ideas on atmospheric pressure. During this time, Pascal invented the syringe and the hydraulic press. The years 1651–1654 were another period of intense scientific work for Pascal, during which he composed treatises on the equilibrium of liquid solutions, on the weight and density of air, and on the arithmetic triangle. Together with Pierre de Fermat, he created the calculus of probabilities. Pascal had a carriage accident in November 1654 in which he narrowly escaped death, and considered this a summons to begin a new life in seclusion from the world. He entered the abbey of Port-Royal and remained there until his death at age 39 in 1662. The two works for which he is chiefly remembered, Lettres Provinciales (1657) and the Pensées (1658), date from the years of his life at Port-Royal. Pascal's contributions to science have been honored in a variety of ways. In 1972, Nicklaus Wirth named his new computer language Pascal. The Pascal (symbol Pa) is the unit of pressure designated by the International System of Units.
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