called Pascal's calculator or the Pascaline. The Musée des Arts et Métiers inParisand the Zwinger museum inDresden,Germany, exhibit two of his original mechanical
BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662), French religious philosopher and mathematician, was born at Clermont Ferrand on the 19th of June 1623. His father was Etienne Pascal, president of the Court of Aids at Clermont; his mother's name was Antoinette Begon. The Pascal family were Auvergnats by extraction...
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter. —Blaise Pascal 1 The secrets of nature are concealed; her agency is perpetual, but we do not always discover its effects; time reveals them from age to age; and although she is always the same in herself, she is not always equally ...
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" - Blaise Pascal
All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. – Blaise Pascal Posted by: donmihaihai | January 1, 2025 2024 and the risk of buy high, sell low 2024 ended. Nothing particularly stands out. Oh yes, there was a short excitement over the sharp China ...
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662). Minor Works. ——— MAN 1 is born for thought; therefore he is not a moment without it; but the pure thoughts that would render him happy, if he could always maintain them, weary and oppress him. They make a uniform life to which he cannot adapt himself;...