"All of humanity's problems stem from man's
inability to sit quietly in a room alone"
Blaise Pascal was born June 19, 1623 and died on August 19, 1662. He is from Clermont-Ferrand, France. He is known for being a Mathematician, Inventor, Writer, and Philosopher. Blaise Pascal was the third of Étienne Pascal's children and his only son. Blaise's mother died when he was only three years old. He was a mathematical child prodigy and he was solely educated by his father. When Pascal was 12, he began attending meetings of a mathematical academy. Contributions Pascal made to society include: The Pascaline which is a mechanical adding and subtracting machine, and Pascal’s Triangle which is a triangular array of the binomial coefficients containing a multitude of patterns with practical uses. Interesting Pascal facts include the fact that he was a contemporary and rival of René Descartes, he was forbidden to study math until the age of 15, so as to focus on other areas of study. However, his father later relented and allowed him to study Euclid, and he also suffered from various health issues due to his intense and constant study, such as insomnia.
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