Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was born on June 19, 1623, in Clermont, Auvergne, France. He was the third child of Étienne Pascal. He was the only male child. Blaise’s mother passed away when he was three years old. After his mother’s death, the family packed their bags up and moved to Paris. Blaise’s father, Étienne decided to teach his son. However, he did not allow Blaise to study mathematics until he was 15 years old. When Blaise was 12, he started to study geometry by himself. Blaise continued his study of geometry throughout his teenage years.
In February 1640, Blaise had his first work, Essay on Conic Sections published. He was only 17 year old at the time. Between 1642 and 1645 Blaise started to develop a digital calculator. He called this device the Pascaline.
In the year 1646, Blaise became very religious and spiritual. He then started working on some experiments dealing with atmospheric pressure. Blaise concluded that a vacuum exists. The......

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