Pascal, a Christian mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and philosopher, was a French Christian mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and philosopher. He was born on June 19, 1623, in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and died on August 19, 1662, in Paris, France, at the age of 39.
Philosophy and religion are his main interests, but he also enjoys mathematics and projective geometry. The theory of probability was discovered in collaboration with Pierre de Fermat.
Pascal's research interests were first focused on science and applied technology, where he had created the first known calculating machine. The machine can only perform calculations (the simple computing engine that was the forerunner of the calculator).
Biography
Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont-Ferrand, France, on June 19, 1623. Blaise had a reputation for being a bright kid since he was a child, despite the fact that he had never attended a formal school. He was able to build a calculating machine to assist his father's work while he was just 12 years old.
Tienne Pascal is his father's name. His father worked as a tax collector in France's Auvergne area. Blaise has been without his mother since he was four years old. His work progressed from designing hexagram buildings to discovering the working principle of the barometer and the operating mechanism of the watch, as well as being involved in the production of the Paris subway system.
He began experimenting with calculating machines in 1642, while still a teenager. He devised the mechanical calculator after three years of experimentation and fifty prototypes. He then developed 20 of these computers (known as Pascal's calculator and later Pascalines) during the next ten years.
At the age of 16, Pascal published a key dissertation on projective geometry and later collaborated with Pierre de Fermat on probability theory, profoundly impacting the development of contemporary economics and social sciences.
Following Galileo and Torricelli, he challenged Aristotle's disciples who claimed that nature despises emptiness in 1646. Pascal's study findings sparked a lot of controversy before they were acknowledged.
Pascal had poor health, especially after his 18th year, his death occurring just two months after his 39th birthday.
Invention of the Computing Machine / Mechanical Calculator
A mechanical calculator, or calculating machine, is a mechanical device used to perform basic arithmetic operations automatically. Most mechanical calculators are comparable in size to today's desktop computers and have been rendered obsolete by the advent of electronic calculators.
The 17th century marked the beginning of the history of mechanical calculators, with the invention of the first machine, Pascal's calculator, in 1642. Blaise Pascal had created a machine that could perform calculations that previously could only be done by humans, although Pascal had invented a calculating machine, but he not until successful to make it into an industry.
Brief History:
Date of birth: 19 June 1623
Place of birth: Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France
Died: 19 August 1662 (age 39) Paris, France
Nationality: French
Era: 17th century philosophy
Region: Western Philosophy
Religion: Roman Catholic
School : Jansenism, Proto-existentialism
Specialties: Theology, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics
Key ideas: Pascal's Triangle, Pascal's Law, Pascal's Theory