Inventor, mathematician, physicist and theological writer Blaise Pascal who was born on June 19, 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He was the third child and only son to his parents. His father Etienne moved his family to Paris in 1631.
While there his father decided to educate Pascal a child prodigy himself so he could design his own unorthodox curriculum and make sure that Blaise did not work to hard. Ironically Etienne entirely disregarded mathematics from Pascal's early curriculum. His father was concerned that Blaise would become fascinated with geometry that he would not be able to focus on classical subjects.
His plan ultimately backfired, the fact that mathematics was s forbidden topic made the subject even more interesting to him. Blaise Pascal was a very influential French mathematician and philosopher who contributed to many areas of mathematics. He worked on conic sections and geometry and in correspondence with Fermat he laid the foundations for the theory of probablity.
While there his father decided to educate Pascal a child prodigy himself so he could design his own unorthodox curriculum and make sure that Blaise did not work to hard. Ironically Etienne entirely disregarded mathematics from Pascal's early curriculum. His father was concerned that Blaise would become fascinated with geometry that he would not be able to focus on classical subjects.
His plan ultimately backfired, the fact that mathematics was s forbidden topic made the subject even more interesting to him. Blaise Pascal was a very influential French mathematician and philosopher who contributed to many areas of mathematics. He worked on conic sections and geometry and in correspondence with Fermat he laid the foundations for the theory of probablity.
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