Blaise Pascal: Facts & Related Content

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Born June 19, 1623 • Clermont-FerrandFrance
Died August 19, 1662 (aged 39) • ParisFrance
Inventions Pascaline
Notable Works “Essai pour les coniques”“Les Provinciales”“Pensées”“The Physical Treatises of Pascal”“Traité du triangle arithmétique”
Subjects Of Study Pascal’s principlePascal’s theoremPascal’s triangleconic sectioncycloidprobability

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