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Blaise Pascal ( )
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Agenda His life Early Days Areas of Study Physics Theology Mathematics
Pascal’s Triangle Pascaline
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His life 1641 1653 1623 Born Started to design
Pascaline 1623 Born 1653 Made final design of Pascaline 1662 Died 1631 Moved to Paris 1654 Started to dedicate only to religious studies
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Early days Born in Claremont June 19, 1623
Son of a judge and tax collector Moved to Paris in 1631 Demonstrated incredible intelligence
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Areas of Study Theology Physics Mathematics
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Physics Pascal’s law Explains the effect of applying pressure on a fluid
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Theology Provincial Letters
“If God does not exist one stands to lose nothing by believing in him, while if he does exist one stands to lose everything by not believing” H
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Mathematics Pascal’s triangle First mechanical calculator
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Pascal’s Triangle Each number is the sum of the one to the left and the one to the right in the row above
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Pascaline First machine capable of adding and subtracting
Based on a series of dials Only 50 were manufactured
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Pascaline Mechanism
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Late life Dedicated to Christianity
1658 – 1652 defended faith and beliefs Faith from the heart is the primary guide to truths
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Trascendence and Importance to Computers
Pascaline From it came first calculators Same mechanism From calculators came computers
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Works Cited World Book Online, Pascal, Blaise; Accessed Oct 5, 2006 Biographies Pioneers of Computers, Pascal, Blaise; Accessed Oct 5, 2006 Pascal, Blaise, Biography, Spain: Editorial Labor, 1992.
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