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  1. Blaise Pascal - Wikipedia

    Blaise Pascal[a] (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by …

  2. Blaise Pascal | Biography, Facts, & Inventions | Britannica

    Dec 18, 2025 · Blaise Pascal laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities, formulated what came to be known as Pascal’s principle of pressure, and propagated a religious doctrine …

  3. Pascal, Blaise | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Pascal was proclaimed a heretic and a Calvinist during his lifetime and has been called everything from a skeptic to a nihilist by modern readers.

  4. Blaise Pascal - 1662) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

    Blaise Pascal was a very influential French mathematician and philosopher who contributed to many areas of mathematics. He worked on conic sections and projective geometry and in …

  5. Blaise Pascal - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Aug 21, 2007 · His status in French literature today is based primarily on the posthumous publication of a notebook in which he drafted or recorded ideas for a planned defence of …

  6. 400 years ago, philosopher Blaise Pascal was one of the first to ...

    Jul 3, 2023 · Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and a Catholic theologian, born 400 years ago, left a deep and lasting influence on the world that can be felt today.

  7. Pascal (unit) - Wikipedia

    The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI). It is also used to quantify internal pressure, stress, Young's modulus, and ultimate tensile strength.

  8. Blaise Pascal - Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy | Britannica

    Dec 18, 2025 · Blaise Pascal - Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy: At once a physicist, a mathematician, an eloquent publicist in the Provinciales, and an inspired artist in the Apologie …

  9. Pascal (Pa) | Definition & Conversions | Britannica

    pascal (Pa), unit of pressure and stress in the metre-kilogram-second system (the International System of Units [SI]). It was named in honour of the French mathematician-physicist Blaise …

  10. Pedro Pascal - IMDb

    Pedro Pascal is a Chilean-born actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Javier Peña in the Netflix …