Blaise Pascal really was a gambler—at least when he was young. His highly devout parents, according to Antoine Compagnon in his short book “A Summer With Pascal,” were a bit worried when their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blaise Pascal's ideas have led to some of the world's most important inventions. API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images In an apostolic ...

To mark the quatercentenary of Pascal’s birth on June 19, 1623, the Vatican Apostolic Library showed journalists his most well-known work of Christian apologetics published posthumously from his notes ...

Blaise Pascal, Pensées, opuscules et lettres, Paris : Éditions Classiques Garnier, coll. « Bibliothèque du XVII e siècle », 2010, 807 p., EAN 9782812400957. 1 ...

Pope Francis published an apostolic letter on Monday praising the 17th-century mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal as “a tireless seeker of truth.” Pascal (1623-1662) was a French scientist ...

On Aug. 19, 1662, French philosopher, mathematician and apologist Blaise Pascal died at just 39 years old. Pascal, despite his shortened life, is renowned for pioneering work in geometry, physics and ...

Ismar David immediately felt Blaise Pascal’s compassion and purity of thought, reaching out from the seventeenth century to our time. “Reading Pascal, one is filled with the conviction that this man ...

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(The Conversation) — Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and a Catholic theologian, born 400 years ago, left a deep and lasting influence on the world that can be felt today. In fact, Pascal’s influence in ...

On the 400th anniversary of the birth of Blaise Pascal, the Vatican Library displayed first editions of some of his most famous works. Pope Francis published an apostolic letter earlier this week ...