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Blaise Pascal :

(Number (ISBN

031212502X

(Number (ISBN

0333550366

(Number (ISBN

9780312125028

(Number (ISBN

9780333550366

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b412058

Title Proper

Blaise Pascal :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

mathematician, physicist, and thinker about God /

First Statement of Responsibility

Donald Adamson

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 297 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-275) and index

Text of Note

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

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Edition

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Book number

Adamson, Donald

Date of Transaction

20160712061302.0

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[Book]

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