Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal

• (1623-1662)

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www.biografiasyvidas.com
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Agenda

• His life
• Early Days
• Areas of Study
• Physics
• Theology
• Mathematics
• Pascals Triangle
• Pascaline

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His life
1641 Started to design Pascaline
1653 Made final design of Pascaline
1623 Born
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

• Pascals 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

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Mathematics

• Pascals triangle
• First mechanical calculator

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Pascals 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
  http//www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?idar416
  560stblaisepascal Accessed Oct 5, 2006
• Biographies Pioneers of Computers, Pascal,
  Blaisehttp//www.thocp.net/biographies/biographie
  s.htm Accessed Oct 5, 2006
• Pascal, Blaise, Biography, Spain Editorial
  Labor, 1992.