Blaise Pascal

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Born	June 19, 1623 • Clermont-Ferrand • France
Died	August 19, 1662 (aged 39) • Paris • France
Inventions	Pascaline
Notable Works	“Essai pour les coniques” • “Les Provinciales” • “Pensées” • “The Physical Treatises of Pascal” • “Traité du triangle arithmétique”
Subjects Of Study	Pascal’s principle • Pascal’s theorem • Pascal’s triangle • conic section • cycloid • probability

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