Blaise Pascal (/pæˈskæl/ pass-KAL, also UK: /-ˈskɑːl, ˈpæskəl, -skæl/ -KAHL, PASS-kəl, -kal, US: /pɑːˈskɑːl/ pahs-KAHL; French: [blɛz paskal]; 19 June...
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Pascal's calculator (also known as the arithmetic machine or Pascaline) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal was led to...
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Blaise Pascal University (French: Université Blaise-Pascal), also known as Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II or just Clermont-Ferrand II,...
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Pascal's law (also Pascal's principle or the principle of transmission of fluid-pressure) is a principle in fluid mechanics given by Blaise Pascal that...
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Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), seventeenth-century French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and...
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Young's modulus, and ultimate tensile strength. The unit, named after Blaise Pascal, is an SI coherent derived unit defined as one newton per square metre...
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Lycée Blaise Pascal or Lycée Français Blaise Pascal (LFBP) may refer to: Lycée Français Blaise Pascal Abidjan - Abidjan, Ivory Coast Lycée Blaise Pascal de...
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The Blaise Pascal Chairs (Chaires Internationales de Recherché Blaise Pascal), established in 1996 by the Government of the Île-de-France Region for internationally...
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Barometer (section Blaise Pascal)
than water, a tube only 80 cm was now needed, not 10.5 m. In 1646, Blaise Pascal along with Pierre Petit, had repeated and perfected Torricelli's experiment...
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Fideism (section Blaise Pascal and fideism)
is most commonly ascribed to four philosophers: Søren Kierkegaard, Blaise Pascal, William James, and Ludwig Wittgenstein; with fideism being a label...
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