Friday, October 2, 2020

Basic timeline of Blaise Pascal


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This post is a basic timeline of Blaise Pascal (1623-1670). There are 9 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikimedia

  • 1623: Born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • 1640: Writes Essay on Conics
  • 1642: Constructs a mechanical calculator
  • 1647: Writes New Experiments with the Vacuum
  • 1654: Writes Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle
  • 1656-1657: Writes Provincial Letters
  • 1658: Writes Of the Geometrical Spirit
  • 1662: Died at age 39 in Paris, France
  • 1670: Pensees is published posthumously