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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