Katherine Mullan

 Blaise Pascal

 

 

Pays/Ville:

Clermont, France

 

Details Personnels:

   From a young age I manged to accomplish a lot. Most of my accomplishments were in the field of Math. At a very young age I was very good at math and was able to create inventions. For example, I was one of the first people to create a digital calculator.

 

Date de Naissance:

June, 19,1623

 

Date de Mort:

August 19,1662

 

Sexe:

Male

 

Croyances Politiques:

I support the Catholic movement Jansenism.

I support the church and after an almost fatal accident I have decided to devote myself to God. I spent the rest of my life worshiping God and gave up all of my Mathematical work. I spent most of my time at a church in Port-Royale.

I supported and was apart of  the group Académie Parisienne as a young boy.

 

Croyances Religieuses:

Church located in Port-Royale

never batistied.

 

Situation de Famille:

I never married, but I had a mother, Antoinette Begon, who died when I was only three years old. I also had a father Etienne Pascal, who was quite a large influence in my life although sometimes not the most positive influence.

I was always close to my two sisters, Gilberte and Jacqueline Pascal. Eventually, Gilberte had married, and Jacqueline had entered the Jansenist convent in Port-Royale

 

Enfants:

I never married and never had any children.

 

En Cherchant:

I always was very close with my family and I never had to many close friends, but I was acquaintances with many famous mathematicians such as René Descartes.

 

Interets/Loisirs:

• Mathematics(including geometry)

• Physics

• Writer(I wrote many different articles and paper about math and physic theroy's and equations)

• Reading

 

Accomplissements:

• opened up new forms of calculus

• invented projective geometry

• came up with the probability theory

• designed and manufactured the first calculating machine run by cogs and wheels

• created Pascal's Triangle, along with many other mathematical theroy's and equations

• I helped lead Issac Newton to his discovery of the general binomial theorem

 

Education:

• Homeschooled, I learned all I know about the basics of math and science from my father and the many books I read 

Romans Favoris:

None

 

Films Preferes:

 I was unable to watch t.v and films because they were not invented back in my time. I never had a chance to see a play either I was too busy working on my calculator.

 

Musique Preferee:

There were not many famous musicians back in my time and I was never a big fan of music anyway.

 

Personnage que je voudrais rencontrer et pourquoi:

• Greek geometer Euclid of Alexandria because his work was the first work I read that inspired me to continue my mathematical progress as a child. 

• Evangelista Torricelli because i used his theories as a starting point for my work.

 

Amis/Acquaintances :

• Pierre de Fermat 

• René Descartes

• Girard Desargues 

• Pierre de Fermat

 

Sports:

• none

   

Citation Memorable:

"Love has reasons which reason cannot understand."

" If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world."

"A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us."

 

Mon Influence sur la Culture Francaise:

 

   I, Blaise Pascal, was born June, 19 1623. I was an important role model for most of man-kind. I not only made an influence on my society, but also I greatly influenced the french culture. Even as a young boy, I was quite curious and excellent when it came to the fields of math and science. My father was quite pushy when it came to learning philosophy and he thought that it was something important for me to learn as a child. I did not find much interest in this topic and I eventually discovered my love for math, physics, and science in general. Who knew that one day my love for science and math would eventually lead my to influencing the french culture with my discovers. 

 

   Since, I was just a boy when I discovered my love for math and science I had time, over the course of my life, to better understand these two fields and eventually discover new ideas and object. Most of my accomplishments included building one of the first calculating machines, opening up new forms of calculus, and inventing projective geometry. I also came up with the probability theory, created Pascal's Triangle, along with many other mathematical theroy's and equations, and I helped lead Issac Newton to his discovery of the general binomial theorem. This accomplishments allowed many other to move ahead in the fields of math and science. 

 

    With my love of math and science I was able to help french culture develop in a positive way that would benefit everyone as a whole. I mean without my theory of probably, calculus, and Pascal's triangle many math problems would go unsolved. Without my designs for the first calculating machine many people would not have the basic calculator. Finally without my projective geometry French culture would be deprived of the many sculptures and art work where projective geometry is need. In conclusion I was an important figure and I influenced not only influenced French culture, but also I influenced the scientific and mathematical world because of my many contributions to society.

 

 

Notes:

  I designed and manufactured the first calculating machine run by cogs and wheels

This is what it looked like:  

 

Resources:

 

Bell, E. Men of Mathematics. 1st. New York City: 1387. Print.

 

Blaise Pascal." Math & Mathematicians: The History of Math Discoveries around the World. Online Edition.<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?vrsn=149&OP=contains&locID=lom_inac&srchtp=name&ca=1&c=1&AI=U13309944&NA=Blaise++Pascal&ste

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"Blaise Pascal." Notable Mathematicians. Online Edition. Gale, 2008.

Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC

 

"Blaise Pascal." World of Computer Science. Online. Thomson Gale, 2006.

Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC