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Born June 19, 1623 • Clermont-Ferrand • France
Died August 19, 1662 (aged 39) • Paris • France
Inventions Pascaline
Notable Works “Essai pour les coniques” • “Les Provinciales” • “Pensées” • “The Physical Treatises of Pascal” • “Traité du triangle arithmétique”
Subjects Of Study Pascal’s principle • Pascal’s theorem • Pascal’s triangle • conic section • cycloid • probability

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