Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God

Adamson, D.

ISBN 10: 0333550366 / ISBN 13: 9780333550366

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 1994

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Title: Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist and ...

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: hardcover

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Synopsis:

This chronological survey explores Pascal's (162362) achievement as mathematician, physicist and religious thinker; it also has a chapter on his life. His work on conic sections, the probability calculus, number theory, cycloid curves and hydrostatics is considered in detail. Analyses of the Provincial Letters and the Thoughts bring out the many distinctive features, thematicnn and technical, of each text. Pascal's lesser known works are also studied. There is a chapter on the Wager argument. A wide-ranging bibliography completes the book.

Synopsis:

This volume features a chronological survey exploring Pascal's (1623-62) achievement as a mathematician, physicist and religious thinker, and a chapter on his life. His work on conic sections, the probability calculus, number theory, cycloid curves and hydrostatics is considered in detail. Analyses of the "Provincial Letters" and the "Thoughts" bring out the distinctive features, thematic and technical, of each text. Pascal's lesser known works and the Wager argument are also studied.