Blaise Pascal
- Books on site
- 1
- Total words
- 113,900
- Reading time
- 6.3 h
- Years covered
- 1670
- Longest
- Pascal’s Pensées
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) was born at Clermont-Ferrand, was taught at home by his father and was a working mathematician by sixteen. He built a calculating machine, corresponded with Fermat on probability, and in 1654, after a night he afterwards wrote down and sewed into his coat, turned to religion and to the defence of Port-Royal. The Provincial Letters appeared in 1656–57. The notes for the book he never finished were assembled by his friends and printed as the Pensées in 1670, eight years after his death at Paris.
1free edition113,900words on site~6.3 hreading time1670years covered
Pascal’s Pensées| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1670 | Pascal’s Pensées | 113,900 | ~6 h |
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