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The Tragedy of Pascal

July 2, 2010 John FarrellLeave a comment

Thony Christie has a nice post on the 17th century genius: Pascal’s religious fervour deprived the world of his mathematical abilities but not of his astounding intellect. The main centre of Jansenism was the Port-Royal Cloister in Paris and it was from here that the Port-Royal Logic was issued, an important textbook in the history… Continue reading The Tragedy of Pascal

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