Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623–August 19,1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. Pascal was a child prodigy, who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences, where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators and the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by expanding the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote powerfully in defence of the scientific method.

External links

• {{MacTutor Biography|id=Pascal}}
• Biography at NNDB.
• Etext of Pascal's Pensées (English, in various formats)
• Etext of Pascal's Lettres Provinciales (English)
• Etext of a number of Pascal's minor works (English translation) including, among others, De l'Esprit géométrique and De l'Art de persuader.
• "Pascal's Legacy", an article by John Ross on the influence of Pascal's probability theory.
• Blaise Pascal, An article from the Fermat's Last Theorem Blog.
• Biography, Bibliography. (in French)