Blaise Pascal Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God
This chronological survey explores Pascal's (162362) achievement as mathematician, physicist and religious thinker; it also has a chapter on his life. His work on conic sections, the probability calculus, number theory, cycloid curves and hydrostatics is
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BLAISE PASCAL
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Also by Donald Adamson THE GENESIS OF LE COUSIN PONS DUSTY HERITAGE THE HOUSE OF NELL GWYN
LES ROMANTIQUES FRAN^AIS DEVANT LA PEINTURE ESPAGNOLE Translations of Balzac: LA RABOUILLEUSE URSULE MIROUET and of Maupassant: STORIES
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BALZAC: Illusions Per dues
Blaise Pascal
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'Qu'on ne dise pas que je n'ai rien dit de nouveau, la disposition des matieres est nouvelle. Quand on joue a la paume, c'est une meme balle dont joue I'un et Vautre, mais I'un la place mieux (Thought 696V 'Let no one say that I have said nothing new; the arrangement of the material is new. WJien playing tennis, both players use the same ball, but one plays it better'
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Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God
© Donald Adamson 1995 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.
Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published in Great Britain 1995 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-333-55036-6 10 04 03
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Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd Chippenham, Wiltshire First published in the United States of America 1995 by Scholarly and Reference Division, ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN O-312-12502-X Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Adamson, Donald. Blaise Pascal : mathematician, physicist and thinker about God / Donald Adamson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-312-12502-X 1. Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662. 2. Science—History. 3. Philosophy—History. 4. Scientist—France—Biography. 5. Philosophers—France—Biography. I. Title. Q143.P17A33 1995 194'.092—dc20 94-31137 CIP
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