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Blaise Pascal: Life and Contributions

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher born in 1623 who made contributions to probability theory and geometry. He invented a mechanical calculator as a youth and developed Pascal's triangle which determines probability and number patterns. Pascal died in 1662 at age 39 from a malignant stomach growth that spread to his brain.

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Blaise Pascal: Life and Contributions

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher born in 1623 who made contributions to probability theory and geometry. He invented a mechanical calculator as a youth and developed Pascal's triangle which determines probability and number patterns. Pascal died in 1662 at age 39 from a malignant stomach growth that spread to his brain.

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Blaise

Pascal
1623-1662
French scientist, philosopher,
and mathematician
Pascals
Childhood
He was born on June 19, 1623.

Pascal was interested in Geometry

from the start.

By the age of 12 he had mastered

Euclids elements .
Pascals
Calculator
In 1642, Pascal developed a
mechanical calculator.
He made this to speed up arithmetic
for his father.
Numbers are dialed in on metal
wheels and the solutions appear in
little windows on the top.
Pascals Triangle
Pascal's triangle is a array of
numbers

This triangle has many different


number patterns

It determines probability and solves


problems involving combinations
Pascal's Death
August 19,1662

He died at 39 years

Malignant growth in his stomach

spread to his brain .


Credits :
Lucretia Jaclyn
Kris Erin
Credits Continued,

Lucretia Smith (group leader)

Kris Jensen (Reference page)

Erin Betteridge (Summary page)

Jaclyn Ivonnet (Completed story

board page)
Bibliography
Blaise Pascal. Microsoft Encarta.
1997.
[Link]/Katha
renaE/ private/philo/Pascal/Pascal.
HTML.
Dale Seymore Publishing. Visual
Patterns in Pascals triangle. 1995.
Dale Seymore Publishing. Portraits for
class room bulletin boards. 1995.

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