baumhaus.digital/Studium Generale/Prolegomena to Educatio Digitale/Session 4 :: Between Renaissance and Age of Reason/Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
- polymath
- in 19years of age started to build first mechanical calculators ("Pascalines")
- ground-breaking works in mathematics (Pascal's triangle), geometry (Pascal's theorem), physics (Pascal's law), theology (Pascal's wager)
- develops first public transport in the world
- dies young, last words: "Puisse Dieu ne jamais m'abandonner"
Death mask of Blaise Pascal