Labels:bulletin board | person | tie | tribute album OCR: Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal (1623 -1662) might have been one of the greatest figures in the history of mathematics but at the age of 11. because of his rather frail l health. he was forbidden to study the subject. He was thus forced to acquire most of his knowledge by himself At 16 he wrote an essay on conic sections that astounded Ithe mathematicians of his time At 18 he had l invented one of the first calculating machines At 27. again because of his poor health he promised God that the would abandon mathematics and spend his time in religious study Three years later he broke this promise and wrote Traiti du Triangle Arithmetique in which he investigated whatis today called Pascal's triangle. The next year he was almost killed Ibya runaway horse which he took to bea sign of God's displeas ...
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