Blaise Pascal
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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 generat ....
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.... of the Italian
physicist Evangelista Torricelli, concerning the effect of atmospheric
pressure on the equilibrium of liquids.
After publishing Essay pour les coniques (Essay on conic sections),
Pascal temporarily 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 th ....
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