Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

Math is my life, simply put.

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 Blaise was a very influencial French mathematician and philosopher who contributed to many areas of mathematics. 

He invented the syringe. 2.He invented the hydraulic press. 3.He helped with the study of the Pascal law of pressure. 4.He helped with the theory of probability. 5.He also helped with the study of the cycloid (this is the last thing he did before his death. And the biggest thing he ever did: 6.He invented the Pascal Triangle.

HE WAS THE BEST MAN EVER!!!! 

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The collapse of the stellar universe will occur—like creation—in grandiose splendor

                                                                                     —Blaise Pascal

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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. The will never takes the least step but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even those who hang themselves.

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“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”

—Blaise Pascal, French philosopher, Pensees

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Additional Facts About Me:

My mother died when I was three years young.

I taught myself weekly math lectures.

My mechanical calculator was an essential step in the development of calculators and computers.

I loved to gamble and often went to parties featuring this act.

I suffered a near death experience in 1654, and I'm convinced that God spared my life.

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15 Lovely Facts About Myself:

I was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France on June 19, 1623, and died in Paris on Aug. 19, 1662.

My father was a judge.

In 1631, my father moved us to Paris so I could pursue an education by him.

Taught by my father, I was considered a child prodigy.

At the age of 16, I wrote an essay entirely about conic sections.

At the age of 18, I built my very own mechanical calculator.

I was affiliated with Jansenism, a branch of Catholicism that believes all humans are born sinful.

My father passed away in 1651.

Later on in life, I teamed up with Pierre de Fermat to create the probability theory.

I have a triangle named after me, in which the top two numbers always adds up to the number beneath them.

I had two sisters, named Gilberte and Jacqueline respectively.

Due to a lifetime of insomnia and overall a weak immune system, my body began to deteriorate, starting right after my teen years.

One of the saddest events in my life was when my sister, Jacqueline, left me to join a convent. I was proud of her bold, religious decision, but saddened because there would be no one left to take care of me.

Being physically worn out, I died from tuberculosis in 1662, shortly after my 39t birthday.

Besides mathematics, I also enjoyed the sciences, including philosophy, and hydrodynamics.