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Blaise Pascal :

031212502X

0333550366

9780312125028

9780333550366

b412058

Blaise Pascal :

[Book]

mathematician, physicist, and thinker about God /

Donald Adamson

xii, 297 pages :

illustrations ;

22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-275) and index

Pascal has long been regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile of the world's thinkers. This chronological and carefully annotated survey explores the full range of his intellectual achievements. It also includes a chapter on his life. Renowned as mathematician, physicist, scourge of Jesuit moral theology, and staunch, though perceptive, champion of Christianity, Pascal devoted himself in full measure to science and religion. His work on conic sections, the probability calculus, number theory, cycloid curves and hydrostatics is considered in detail. So, too, is his notorious prize competition on the cycloid and its aftermath. The author's analysis of the Provincial Letters and the unfinished Thoughts emphasises their many distinctive features, both thematic and technical. He discusses Pascal's lesser known works, all of them pertaining to theology or the philosophy of religion. Blaise Pascal contains a chapter on the famous wager argument and a wide-ranging bibliography

Pascal, Blaise,1623-1662

Philosophers-- France, Biography

Philosophy-- History

Science-- History

Scientists-- France, Biography

Philosophy-- history

Science-- history

Adamson, Donald

20160712061302.0

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